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Now it's hitting areas like houma, those tough bands of the storm are hitting new orleans. now our reporters are really seeing the devastating effects of this storm. >> we're seeing it firsthand. and the conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly over the next half hour or so for our crews. especially for jason. he should probably get to his safe place now. that inner eye wall approaches him. approaches houma and you talk about being in the eye, the calmness. the back side of that eye wall is going to hit you without any warning. it's very different than the front half of the storm coming whe...

And just in the few short hours as the conditions have deteriorated, we've seen debris in the roadways and already seen power lines starting to arc. we've lost power at the location where we are at this moment. the eye wall of the storm, we are in the direct path of the eye wall. still two hours away. so homa is going to be in the thick of it for the next several hours. the worst of it still several hours away. as we're standing out here, though, giving you the updates, i want to point out we are standing in an area, if you turn around right here, this is the area where we're going to be inbet...

Activity among weather experts who were discussing this. the experts discussing this talking about the nature of the eye wall. and it sounds like the intense nature of this eye wall is what's contributing to what you are seeing in houma. you'll not get a break as the eye does not appear to be on track to pass over houma which means your area in houma, louisiana, will continue to get battered until this storm starts moving to points north. places like where ed lavandera is in baton rouge. not really seeing the effects of it right now and our viewers should know as we're talking to jason, he has...

The gauge broke. this is going to be catastrophic for not only these towns in south louisiana, but as this storm hangs on to its strength and intensity, like it has, as it moves inland, we'll continue to get major storm damage, category 3 even, is what it most likely will be overnight, pushing well inland. louisiana into mississippi. you're going to get category 2, category 3 storm damage in those regions. very, very far inland, jim. >> and jennifer, a couple of questions. one is the false sense of security that people can get when that eye wall, that eye passes over them. people may be tempte...

Storm chaser. i'm assuming that means that you're staying and, if that's the case, what is your plan to stay there? compare this storm coming to anything you've stayed through in the past. >> i'm trying to get in the eye and the eye wall and the most intense part of the storm. so my plan is to shift myself east. as soon as we're done here with the interview, i'll be moving myself to the east and try to get into the eye. as compared to other storms, you know, it's a very powerful storm. it's a category 4, and it's still increasing its strength. it has a chance to make a run at cat 5. it's a rel...