terebone parishes. they continue to monitor gates across the coastal zone. a total of 459 gates out of 692 are closed. that s up 246 since the briefing yesterday. all of our hurricane protection systems have been fully i m sorry, have been completely closed and all structures are fully operational at this time. as late as this morning, additional protection measures were being undertaken by levee districts such as the south levee district, they actually completed sheet pile and sandbagging operations to address low areas ahead of the storm. based on the hurricane track and the wind, rain and surge forecast for the remainder of the hurricane, the cpra is
some, st. mary, st. bernard and terrabone parishes. all of our hurricanes protection systems have been fully i m sorry have been completely closed and all structures are fully operational at this time. as late at this morning, additional protection measures were being taken by levee districts. they completed sandbagging operations to address low areas ahead of the storm. based on the hurricane track and the wind, rain and surge forecast for the remainder of the hurricane, the cpra is
of trees i fear. a lot of the ground is already saturated. rain we ve already seen from it. this is a look at the hurricane track. what we re seeing the storm is moving over much colder water. warm water developed over hurricane strength. look at yellow. water is 80 degrees. storms, neat a water temperature of 08 degrees. because it didn t make landfall in long island and will skip it go into parts of connecticut and rhode island. 70 mile-an-hour storm doesn t really change impacts or anything we need to prepare for folks here. guys, back to you. thank you, rick. turning now to your headlines. high winds fanning flames of several wildfires torching northern california. more than 1500 firefighters are battling a fire east of sacramento. it is burned nearly 100,000 acres and destroyed
across making this curve back towards the coast line somewhere along long island and that would be some time say in towards the overnight. early tomorrow morning hours. so today is the day to make all your preps. just quickly she you the hurricane track here. the official track out of the national hurricane center making this left-hand turn into long island. it s going to be a lot of storm surge across long island sound into the bay and much of long island, be making all of your plans today. rachel, we will send it outside to you. rachel: thank you, rick. all right. well, a utah high school teacher is caught on camera lashing out at her chemistry class with controversial comments. take a listen. i don t care what y all think trump sucks. [laughter] [inaudible] go tattle on me to the frickin admin they don t give a crap. most of y all s parents are dumber than you. i m going to say that out loud.