orleans and baton rouge are now out of gas. cnn's brian todd is live in kenner just outside of new orleans. you've been following power crews all day. any progress? >> there is some progress, john, but it's a slow grind of progress and a dangerous with you. take a look at this. this is williams street in concern. look at this. traffic and pedestrians have to navigate around these downed power lines here. the poles leaning over. those could be active, electrified lines right there. you've got poles down over there and just beyond that we saw half a pole hanging completely suspended by wires, so this is the kind of stuff that people all over southeastern louisiana are navigating. we went to a neighborhood of new orleans east a short time ago and talked to one resident there about what it's like to be without power. take a listen. >> going to make some jambalaya. >> you flagged them.