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Situation because you can see with the intensity right now there are some cars on the road but they shouldnt. the emergency crews are not coming to get people right now because conditions are too bad. the bad news is i still dont think we have seen the worst of it with all of the intensity coming through the seven. jon: we heard people say they would stick it out because they had been through hurricanes before bed every hurricane is different and 16 feet of storm surges a lot of water to survive...

Federal resources. >> with respect to the president we also very much appreciate the fact that last evening he signed a prelandfall declaration for the 17 parishes in south louisiana that we had requested a declaration for. this will remain a night event. it is critical that everyone who has been told to evacuate or would like to do so that they do it now. molly: casey stegall is live on the ground in lake pontchartrain. casey, why is the storm surge such a concern where you are? >> well, molly,...

>> most of the water that were going to see will be because of storm surge. and obviously no one should take this storm lightly. it has proven to be very deadly. in honduras, and anything rawg i cant annicaragua.we have not taking it lightly. we are still very concerned and no one should be complacent. >> eric: this is a familiar message, something we have seen the past few weeks. casey stegall live at lake pontchartrain in new orleans. is he talking about the storm surge, casey. i mean, you hav...

Update on the storm where they believe its going and what things are going to be like over the next 12 to 48 hours. what you can tell us? >> recent observations which unfortunately starting to confirm what we were expecting for wind and storm surge. if i point out new orleans right here. there is elevated platform offshore which had a wind gust to 106 miles per hour. the reason thats important, they are at 280 feet is that the upper floors of high rises in new orleans and other places getting cl...

This country hitting a new low for a second year in a row. last year births were down nearly 3%. i did my part. im just one woman. five years ago hurricane county county devastated the gulf region. who can forget these pictures, the levee giving way leaving 80% of the city underwater. 1500 people reported dead, and tens of thousands left homeless. now a major project is underway to make sure a disaster like this never happens again. trace gallagher is live from what is being called the great wal...

Process of making more. the teenager says that money will go into a college fund. well, five years ago this weekend the city of new orleans found itself beginning to deal with the unthinkable a catastrophic flood. brought on by man failure after hurricane katrina. now, the army corps of engineers reports it is almost finished rebuilding some of the levies. you levees. some of them which were supposed to protect new orleans gave way quickly. in no time 80% of the city was under water. in many cas...

Hes kissing his summer job good-bye. take a listen. now that there are tar balls in the lake you can how may that affect your job? >> i cant get live bait in. so thats where we make most of our money from. >> reporter: because they shut down the commercial fishing? >> yep, from the highway down to lake born and through hope dale and gulf pretty much. all shut down. >> yeah, theyre around. hopefully theyll eventually degrade over time. they dont seem to be that bad. there is really no oil sheen. ...

Some of the fisherman but as a result of this stuff, one-third of the lake is now shut down to fishing so he is worrying about his own job. knew there are tar balls in the lake, how may that affect your job somewhere. >> cant get live bait in. so thats pretty much where we make our money from is live bait. >> reporter: because they shut down the commercial fishing? >> from the highway and bridge back to lake born and back through hopedale and out into the gulf pretty much is all shut down. >> re...