not only the winds, poppy, but that storm surge. they're not katrina levels, 20, 24 feet, but enough inundation well inland and miles. not to mention the pumping system can only handle so much in new orleans. 1 inch an hour, half an inch after that. they could see 10 to 15 inches in some cases. it's going to be a long day. >> tom sater, thank you for the update. let's get to jason carroll in louisiana close to where ida may make laughlin tomorrow. what's the latest, jason? >> reporter: if you look behind me, poppy, you can see there are boarded up buildings, sandbagged building as well. l that is ghost town. a number of folks have left down. that's exactly what emergency officials want to see and want to hear, basically when you think of homa, think of this. again, as i've said, it could be