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I want you to hear how she describes it. >> right now my concern is we have lost contact with grand isle, the island right on the gulf of mexico that i've been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we've not been able to reach them so i don't know what they're going through. then closer up here still outside the hurricane protection system, crown point, lafitte, the water is rising. people are in their homes and we are getting reports of people with water up to their chests asking to be rescued. a very dark situation and we just can't get out yet. >> that is dire. what else ar...

These cases? when you get a call like that with these senior citizens or the person who has, you know, water up to their chest, what can you do? >> well, people just -- you know, i got a text from a friend of mine, and she said a tree fell on her neighbor's house. she wants the neighbors to come to her house, but she said she can't walk outside right now. it's just the winds are so heavy, so high right now, we just can't get out. we were able to get one of the fire chiefs over to the assisted living center to see what it's like. it's not a dire situation, but they do have water in the building...

Isle, so that is the island right on the gulf of mexico that i've been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we've not been able to reach them. i don't know what they're going through. and then closer up here, still outside the hurricane protection system, an area called lafitte in lower lafitte, crown point. the water is rising. people are in their homes and we're getting reports of people with water up to their chest, asking to be rescued. >> and cnn is covering the story of course from all angles. we have brian todd in new orleans. we have ed lavandera in baton rouge and we...

Carmodelle, he got out yesterday and he's nearby. he was probably one of the last people to leave and he is trying to get back in but as you can see from the pictures the roadways are filled with water. in the lafitte area water started riding yesterday afternoon. i toke with mayor tim carter. he was concerned the water was rising in the lower lafitte area, barataria area. we have extensive search and rescue operations with our jefferson parish sheriff's office, firefighters and louisiana national guard, the coast guard, bringing boats in and out of that area. it's deep in, not something that ...