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I'd like to say our thoughts are with the folks of the louisiana -- we actually had aircraft airborne last night. in the wake of the storm, we launched aircraft to be an onshore surveillance, or any of the offshore platforms, we so we've done that. -- certainly we start acting several days ago to prepare, putting aircraft off in houston, texas. in addition, we put several small boat urban rescue response groups throughout the region. several dozen of them are on standby, on standby helping

Powers. so each of our pumps stations had their own fuel source, their own generators, and their own pumps. essentially, we built this system knowing that it was gonna be operated in the worst conditions possible. >> tell us about the upgrades and improvements that have been made over the years, to make sure that something like what happened in 2005 does not happen again. >> we completely redefined how we looked at building a hurricane system. we knew from the lessons of katrina, that one thing, no matter how high or how large we build that system, there is always gonna be a storm that has the...

Priority is always in a storm like, this is the preservation of, life what's your biggest concern as you watch the next several hours? >> then of course's are major concern, preservation of life. with the heavy rains, the strong winds, many have evacuated, to other areas, out of state. but we still have many people here, and we asked that they continue to watch the weather and weather the storm. they have to stay in place, until we can in the morning, hours assess the damages, assess the trees that are down. so that we can get the roadways clear, so our power companies can begin to long task o...

Most significant in terms of immediate effects from the storm. the sheer constant wind has been extraordinary. it is scary, to be honest. >> do you have any, do you have generators, or what's your personal situation? what you know about family or friends? >> i don't have a generator. i have a bunch of battery packs which i charge. most people don't have generators, but to be honest, i've been trying to wait until tomorrow to go into my office in the cbd part of town which could have power. which now clearly looks like

Thank you so much. good luck, timothy soignet, step up terrebonne parish. >> if i could say one thing. >> sure. >> the crew they're one of the best guys here. i really appreciate whether they doing. >> i will second that. obviously, they are doing heroic work tonight. let's go back to nbc news meteorologist janessa web. janessa, he said they may be another levee collapse -- which is that just because it's now a category one storm, the danger is far from over, and that's just what we heard from the sheriff. >> the impacts, they are stretching white and long, and i'm really concerned still about...