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Several months. not sure we are quite prepared for what happened. other assets sending in boats, aircraft. chainsaws, fuel. realfully desperate need of fuel no. where to get fuel south of louisiana anywhere right now. if we have it, the pumps don't have electricity. and so we need to power generators and chainsaws so we can clear roads and get some emergency power to those that need it. steve: that's right. they have to use generators for the pumping stations but the new orleans sewage and water uses generators for the pumping stations because that is what is needed to control the flooding bec...

And pumping stations so they'll be at the pumping station when the winds get high. they'll go right into the safe house right there at that location, and they're able to actually operate right there. so they're not going to abandon their post. we look very different from that perspective. in the hurricane protected areas. in this area where we're protected by our levee system. >> listen, we wish you and everyone there all the best in what will probably be a very challenging time. so really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. again, bests of luck, from the jefferson parish of louis...

We have really been through a lot, and we are a people of faith, but it's difficult to watch this track coming. especially, as i said, to our grand isle. >> hmm. this is happening on the anniversary of katrina. there have been, you know, plenty of changes to the system since then in your parish both in terms of infrastructure itself and your emergency plan as well. what did you learn from that disaster that might help you better with this one? >> with hurricane katrina levee failures. we're better prepared in the drainage system. levees raised. fortified, hardened. we're not expecting the leve...

Of rain a year. already 65 inches. so this is going to really add to some of the record totals. we also just found out a short time ago, jim, two sewage pumping stations east and west banks of new orleans have been affected by power outages. so that could lead to some sewage backups. that's another problem they'll have to be dealing with in the coming hours. but they are going to address those sewage backups with a generator at the pumping stations. i'm going to swing down here. you can see again just the violent nature of this wind and rain as this has really picked up in the last hour or so....

Falling, again 20 inches possible in some spots. here are your warnings. warnings all the way from lake charles to the border with mississippi. where you see that red color, new orleans, baton rouge, morgan city, that's where we see hurricane warnings. so you want to evacuate if you have been told to evacuate. tomorrow's your day to prepare, because sunday is going to be tonight. torrential flooding and rains starting on sunday. let's talk about tuesday into wednesday, awful amounts of rain. it's like a bowl effect, hard to get water out. that's why we have those pumping stations and we are go...