the first pictures from louisiana on the signs of flooding. the mayor of new orleans is not takings chances. ordering residents to seek shelter because it could dump 20 inches of rain testing the levy limits there. accuweather storm chaser reed timer is outfront live in morgan city, louisiana. reed you've been driving around today. what have you been seeing so far. >> well some of the worst i've seen so far was in terra bone parish is to to the southeast of highway 90 and the low country there and we saw the first signs of storm surge up and over the island roads. that's the marsh like islands to the southeast. you can see the water level rise. there were waves crashing over the highway there. the locals were taking swim in some of the current out there. taking advantage of the fishing conditions. any had caught a bunch of blue crab because of the high tide coming up over the road.