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With hurricanes, especially with katrina still fresh on their mind as we mentioned, the seven-year anniversary today the day. >> i talked to a reporter earlier from the new orleans "times picayune." >> it is a small hurricane. it is large in size in breadth, but not in terms of intensity. that's the good thing. >> how is the city weathering the storm so far? >> residents were told to hunker down in their own homes. if they didn't plan on evacuating voluntarily. and that's pretty much what everybody has done. the winds are still fairly high outside. we are still getting gusts to 65 miles an hou...

We're still getting gusts to, to 65 miles an hour. >> the fact that this storm is moving so slowly would seem number-one concern, as you said, the amount of rainfall, the estimates we are hearing, 10 to 20 inches, what could that potentially mean for the city? >> one of the real concerns is making sure the pump stations continue to work. and the pump stations have all gotten backup power supplies in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. so that so far seems to be working. >> what is still being looked at closely in terms of waking up wednesday morning? >> we're looking at increases in wind speed...

In pretty good shape. >> shepard: the pumping stations were below sea level including here. have to get the water out of here and put it somewhere. it has more of a mr. now than it did before. used to drain out now there is a place to go. >> when you get into whether it's a hurricane evacuation or flood fight like we had last spring. it's a team sport. we work very very closely not only with the city of new orleans, the state of louisiana it is in fact a multitiered response when you get into situations like this. so, we co-locate people in pump stations not only from the city of new orleans b...

Evacuation orders. we have provided transportation and shelters. we are shelter be the grand isle right next door at the la fukushila fousche. >> we have only been on the ground a couple of 40urs john and people have said will the levies hold up? how confidence are the people in the area with the levy system? i have interviewed the army corps of engineers. they are confident. are you? >> yes. billions of dollars have gone in. we are much better protected than at the time katrina hit. mother nature is to be respect but we have fortified levees, walls, pump stations. all of our pump operators wi...

Hurricane katrina eroded the coastline in south louisiana, any storm that comes along with a name on it means trouble. tourists in the french quarter dodged rainstorms to take in the sight but was near the bayous, away from levees that protect the city, residents like herbert moore say tropical storm lee noise party. >> kind of blows me out to see stuff like this, people's homes flooded. it's amazing. >> reporter: a dozen homes are flooded in jean lafitte, south of new orleans, and thousands more threatened. >> we're not evacuating because evacuation route is pretty much basically underwater. ...