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Last thing before we go here tonight. the more we build cathedrals of sports in this country, the more apt we are to take advantage of the next tax abatement and tear down the once great cathedrals to make room for the next one. well, tonight we mourn the death of the georgia dome in atlanta. when it opened back in '92, it was the wonder of the south, second largest covered stadium anywhere in the world. it was home to the falcons and hosted the stones and the olympics and two super bowls. but it had, shall we say, roof issues and was no match for rain storms and at least one rare tornado. now...

Pretty distressed neighborhoods. and the hope, the intent, is that once trained up, they'll stay with the company. >> john ruskey: nice paddling, tony. you got the feather down. >> anthony: thank you. i'll be feeling that tomorrow. >> anthony: buck island. most of the island could be under 45 to 50 feet of flowing river water from april to june, with a spring ice melt and rain storms. >> john ruskey: we do a lot of cooking with dutch ovens out here. >> anthony: multipurpose and indestructible. >> john ruskey: mm-hmm. and the next step on this thing is that here are the greens and we should stu...

Most. we'll get through the winds and the rain. depending on what the level of surge is, but more importantly, the surge will occur at the same time we have a high tide. so that compounds the problem. so for our low-lying areas which happen to be close to downtown, those areas that tend to whole a lot of water in rain storms any way, my house, for example, we've exacted and i'm in flood citizen level "a." those are the areas that i fear for the most and expect the surge early on monday morning. >> tell us about that. everybody hopes that irma is a little bit kinder to tampa than other places b...

Haiti right now. cnn's paula newton joins us live from there. mudslides the big concern. that storm, we're told by chad myers is expected to hit that northern spine of the island and send flooding downward. what are you experiencing on the island? >> reporter: we've had a few rain storms, but now, as you can see, it is clear. we expect more effects from hurricane irma within the next few hours. here is the thing, chris, all that prep you just heard from the mayor, not going on here. the government here, no one has the capacity or resources to do that. that's really unsettling. the thing to rem...

House now? >> well, the water has receded from my house and downstairs, so the noise doesn't interfere with this interview, there's a bunch folks starting to tear out the walls and sheetrock of the house so we don't get hold. >> that's going to be a problem that's going to face tens of thousands of people. mayor, while i have you i want to get your take on what has been a subject of discussion now which was the fact that the current mayor sylvester turner did not order any mandatory evacuations from the city of houston. le hind sight now, looking back, do you think that was the right decision?...