Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110903:11:02:00
Preparations again. prepare for the worst and let's hope for the best. >> weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in new orleans with more. mike? >> this is what we've seen all night across new orleans. wind swept rain. wind gusts up over 40 miles an hour. so far the rainfall rates have held in check below the threshold for having issues for the pumping system and speaking of that, all 24 pumps are fully operational as well as all of the backup generators. yesterday two inches of rain here in new orleans. so far since midnight a little over an inch and that's not enough to cause a backup ...