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Might not come back on until friday. 90 minutes ago the power was restored here on dolphin island. still raining for 30 straight hours. at least the waters have receded about 3 feet lower than they were this morning. some of the damages we're seeing include docks that have been ripped up. for the most part. the island did pretty well in this storm, shepard. >> shepard: and the bridge still closed though. that's an important bridge, rick. >> it is. it's 00 only way on and off the island. can you see the causeway and the bridge right there. and the state has shut it down because there is debris ...

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Evacuating a nursing home there, right? >> yes, shepard. the river bend nursing home is a 15-minute drive from where i am standing now. we are just on the western side. the western banks of the mississippi river. the governor of this state, bobby jindal stopped by that nursing home a little bit earlier as those residents were being taken out. about 120 residents. they were sitting in wheelchairs some hooked up to oxygen tanks. they were being transported with the help of the louisiana national guard to a nearby naval station where they could be cared for and where they can be kept dry because,...

For the national guard. we have seen them going around in their humvees but the humvees just won't go to all the places they need to go. there are hundreds of homes near that louisiana mississippi border which are under water right now and very hard to get to those people i have bon wondering about the people in waveland and pass christian. i have heard highway 90 is washed out in one place to waveland mississippi is out. it's like katrina revisited for that little area. >> 90 was out this morning it's been raining steadily since then. 23 which goes to waveland has been cut as well too. real c...