Backyard and they told us that they built this wall here, this concrete wall is 7 feet above sea level, and back in that direction their dock, that is about 5 feet above sea level. So you can see how the water is literally started to get over the 5foot marker and lapping against the 7foot tall wall here, but as we were telling you in the last hour, the thing about this is, this is a lowlying area, so you can see the house back there, its built up on stilts, all of them around here are, in fact, if we keep panning fully around, you can see the house back there, all under stilts, living is all raised. You have places where people can raise boats, they can raise their cars, all belongs off the ground to try and keep the water at bay, now, we want to show you some video because we are hearing reports of some issues we will levies, its not breach of levies, they just had conference and they we wanted to emphasize that zero levies in the state of louisiana have breached or broken but they are overtopping in some locations like in southern perish, thats south of new orleans, you can see from the video that was shot by the lieutenant governor, private levy has water coming over it, emergency repairs, we understand are being made, this is in the myrtle grove and point celest area. Another area has overtopped according to officials, but it is not really posing any threats to residential neighborhoods at this point but no doubt the pumps are working double to try and get that water out. First time in history all 244 flood gates were sealed off and closed, look at this video, its something thats not happened as part of massive Hurricane Protection system following Hurricane Katrina. Throughout various storms in history since katrina, half of them have been closed, 75 but never all of them, they decided yesterday to go ahead and do that including the ones up here along lake pontchartrain, so that is something thats happening, thats unprecedented and no doubt this flood Protection System is really being put to the test with barry, as we said, a fairly weak category 1 hurricane wouldnt make landfall and now downgraded to Tropical Storm, but the wind not a concern but the flooding. This is why those flood Protection Systems are being put to the ultimate test and so far the army corps of engineers says everything seems to be holding, no doubt, mad rush to get overtopping situations prepared because if that happens continuously for a long period of time, we understand that that compromises the Structural Integrity of the levy and then theres a concern of a breach, so any water spilling over it is eroding, so the rush is onto get those patched up and to get them fixed, very fluid situation, arthel, and eric as the systems always are. Im with you to know that all of the flood gates were closed, 14. 6 billion spent for army corps of engineer to be flood walls and all the barriers, surge barriers in the new orleans area, the perimeter around the city, its good to know that its working, lets hope and pray that it keeps working. Absolutely because, again, the National Hurricane center is saying people should not let their guard down, do not wave any white flag, its not time to go out and fight sea and things like that because, again, as i told you in the last hour, although barry has been downgraded the National Hurricane centers own wording was the threat may be just beginning for so many people, so that is important to keep in mind, arthel. Or arthel it really is, casey seigel. You got it. Eric meteorologist adam klotz, fox em treatment extreme weather, torrential rain. Winds at 70 miles an hour, its moving very, very slow, any way that you see it hangs around for a while, moving to the northwest is 6 miles an hour which means as you begin to look at the entire track you get going into early tomorrow morning, youre just in central louisiana, it takes you all the way into monday and run out of the state and continue to push your way north, this is a slowmover, gives us a lot of time and the heaviest rains still havent made it to the shore just yet, we continue to see the backside of the system where the heaviest system has been, that still off the coast, all of it will lift its way in louisiana, bringing the heaviest rain still overnight tonight and early into tomorrow morning, so we are checking out huge area here where we are talking about this rain thats going to continue to fall, it isnt just louisiana, do i want to Pay Attention to whats in alabama, line has been piling up, we call that training, round after round of heavy showers, they are seeing a lot of rain and, again, some of the heaviest rain to come along the louisiana coast, you do start to see deeper yellows and oranges and reds getting closer to the coast which the heaviest rain probably a couple of hours away. We are already dealing with the wind, that should be continue to go die down, widespread spots 30 to 40milesperhour gusts, any time you see a blank spot, the wind has knocked out one to have sensors, that typically happens in system like this, winds picking up to 60, 70 miles an hour, highest chance of a flood risk, you notice it runs all the way north and we will get as high north as memphis to see opportunity for severe flooding, all of this right along Mississippi River, anything that falls eventually has to run back down the river and we will be testing all those flood gates again, eric, as we just reiterated over and over again, its all about the rain and thats something that we will have to deal with for days and days as all the water funnels into rivers and work its way back out into the gulf. Eric just the beginnings of this certainly and not flooding that you mention, adam, that poses the worry, thanks, arthel. Arthel just the beginning, Hurricane Season not over until november 30th, Tropical Storm barry hoovering over louisiana as emergency crews brace for heavy rains an storm surges, experts say that the worst is yet to come as the slowmoving system slam it is gulf coast, with the latest on how folks are coping there, louisiana senator john kennedy is joining me now, senator kennedy, thank you for joining us. Thank you, arthel. All right, listen, so i know that President Trump declared a state of emergency in louisiana thursday and as former state treasurer are you able to provide the president with a kind of info on the Financial Support louisiana needs now and could need in the aftermath . Well, of course, the most important things in life are not things, right now we are focused on human life, we will worry about property later. Ive started thinking about that, thats part of my law under the federal staffer act, the president can declare two types of declaration, one is an Emergency Declaration, thats something he declares before a storm, for example, the president declared an emergency on, i think, it was thursday, ive talked to him yesterday morning, that means that we are getting all the help we need from fema, the corp of engineers, department of Homeland Security, we got all levels of government working together, after the storm is through, the president at the request of the governor can issue a second type of declaration called a major disaster declaration and thats when the state can get helpful roads and debris if necessary, individuals and Small Businesses can get help. Arthel sure. We are not there yet, the storm came ashore, i dont know, 150 miles west of new orleans but its wide, i mean, it looks like a little narrow bitty thing on tv but its about 200 miles wide. The winds depending on the area, 70mile an hour, what we are worried, arthel, is the water. Even if you dont live near water, if you get 15inches of rain in a day or two you will flood. Thats what we are fighting right now, but we are making it, we are ready, my people are tough as a boot, we have been through it before and we just want to get through this without loss of life. Arthel senator, our people are tough as a boot, im from louisiana too. Im right there with you. [laughter] arthel absolutely, i spoke to mississippi governor bryant earlier today and hes in touch with governor edwards there in louisiana and that he told me folks from louisiana were headed over to or did head over to mississippi and shelters in place there, so im not sure if you could talk to us about how you help with that sort of coordination, not only between two states, our neighboring states or friends over in mississippi, but also helping governor edwards, governor of Louisiana Work with washington, youre in theup there with the big dogs, if you will. You know thousand work washington. Mississippi is also getting its share of rain band so theyre not getting as as severely as we are but they are not being untouched from this thing. We have a headquarter set up in state police and everybody is there, the governor, the officials, corp. Of engineers and i have been up there off and on, the Mississippi River and leading up to have been higher and we really worry about the Mississippi River and the major overtopping levies, so far that hasnt happened, projections that they wont. Weve had levies overtop but we havent had them fail. Thats a relief. But once again, you the heavy rain bands, sometimes 5 or 6inches, some will be 15, hope we dont have any as high as 20 and when you have that much water falling the water can go somewhere and can go to peoples homes and businesses. I have been through a lot of these, everyone is different, every time i go through i find out that power of nature can humble the power of human beings any time it wants to. We think we are in control but we are not, all you can do is try to be prepared as best you can and thats where we are. Arthel all right, senator john kennedy, i know that you are busy, you know, traveling around the state to check on people and making sure they are getting what they need and making sure washington continues to help, i know that youre in touch with the president , you will keep up for the good folks of louisiana and i thank you for your time. The president has been great and we will get through this. Thank you. Arthel good to hear, thank you. Eric we will get through this, senator kennedy, tough as a boot, right . The senator also mentioned fema, we will talk to fema official on how that agency is prepared for barry. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . I can taste your beer. I want to taste his beer. [ indistinct conversations ] Samuel Adams Sam 76 finally a refreshing lager that you can taste. My bladder leak underwear. Orried someone might see so, i switched. To always discreet boutique. Its shapehugging threads smooth out the back. So it fits better than depend. 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We have been working for louisiana now for several days to make sure we can get resources positioned in advance of the storm, the president authorized an Emergency Declaration several days ago which lets us move equipment u supplies into the affected area so we are on time u how is the president s reaction . Well, at this point hes monitoring the situation very closely as are we, weve got clear direction to lean forward in support of the governors in affected areas, making sure that we get the message out on the nature of the storm, not just winds but the rainfall which ser kennedy talked about before the break there. Itll continue several days. Eric most of the rains as we point out, lets talk about that, massive flooding and continue through at least wednesday if not further and the danger of that, people hear about a hurricane, Tropical Storm and say its just in your area, and once it passes its over and now threat of potential massive flooding. Thats exactly right, the rain from storm has potential and we want to make sure we are getting the message out and the storm will continue north up along the Mississippi River and days ahead, the southern ohio river valley likely to see effects. Download fema app, things that they have to do to protect themselves. Eric you said southern ohio valley, how does that affect that . Going up to ohio affect as far east as pennsylvania because the rivers that get swollen, saturated ground cant handle it all. Theres no place for water to go. Thats right. That means that that weve got a lot of wetter wet terrain across the country, if you look at forecast for barry in the coming days, we want folks to ask what are we going to do if we see 10inches of rainfall without power, do i have supplies that i need for my family, for the folks that you have time to prepare, now the time to take action. What type of action, youre watching television, watching us right now and youre in arkansas, up in tennessee and you think this wont affect you, on the ohio river, you know, for example, what do you do . Keep the storm drains clear, make sure gutters are clear, keeping your cell phone charge. If you have a generator, does it work . If youve got a family to feed, how would you be without without easy transportation or access to Grocery Store for a few days from food and water perspective, once youve taken care of yourself, how about your neighbors, great spirit of volunteerism and helping folks out across this country and especially in areas that get affected by the disasters but the key thing really especially in southern louisiana and mississippi right now and in the coming days ahead, heed the warnings, they have the best interest of you and your family in mind and thats really important right now and will be for several days. Finally, how long do you think this would go and femas role in that . We would be in recovery effort for the long haul. Right now our focus is lifesafety and lifesustaining mission, the food and water meals and we are not we are not alone by any means in this. Emergency management in this country locally executed and our effort right now is about life safety and lifesustaining efforts. Thank you for joining us and we thank you for the work that you do and efforts to try to make us all safe. Thank you. Eric of course, arthel. Arthel water is causing worry in louisiana even with folks trying to remain calm and as senator john kennedy just told me life is more important than things, we continue live coverage and latest forecast on barry next. . Yes it is. You know, maybe youd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. I didnt know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. Yep, theyve been doing it for years. What are you doing . Big steve . Thanks, man. 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