this is just a very serious storm. it'll be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since the 1850s. >> well, let's talk about all of this with tyler mauldin. tyler, hi. just give us a sense of -- of where it's heading right now. >> hurricane ida has begun its rapid intensification process, robyn. it's about 185 miles to the south of houma, louisiana. about 100 miles to the south-southeast of the mouth of the mississippi river. and it's heading right in that direction. sustained wind right now of 115 miles per hour so it has strengthened by 15 miles per hour just within four hours. gusts are all the way up to 125. it's gonna continue to rapidly intensify, unfortunately. once we get to sunrise, we're looking at a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130. gusts as high as 150. it then makes landfall somewhere between grand isle and houma, louisiana, around, i would say,