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Socializing these animals to make sure they are comfortable and they have lots of toys to play with and they are transitioning well to our facility. >> in the greater birmingham humane society, they hope to have the pets available for adoption in the coming days. >> i mentioned in our 1:00 a.m. hour that the dogs and cats are already in shelters. the spca sent them from louisiana to dallas. and if you call the dallas spca 50% off any pet that you adopt starting tomorrow. that was relocated. if you have a little love in your heart go for it. the republican national convention sunday in tampa,...

It is a command center. the department of homeland security and emergency preparedness building is where we are. you mentioned power outages. you are getting -- it looks like we may just have lost power right here. and it looks like some of the generators are kicking on around us. but anyway, utility officials tell us 237,000 homes and businesses in southeastern louisiana have been left without power and are likely to remain so throughout the duration of the storm. looks like we are starting to feel it in baton rouge. the jefferson and orleans parishes are bearing the impact from the slow-movi...

The gulf coast region. joining me from the red cross in new orleans is sam keely who has been kind enough to join us during this very busy time. sam, tell us what the most important thing the red cross can provide at this hour, and say in the days ahead. >> right now we have dozens of shelters open across the region. it is not just in louisiana, but in mississippi and even places like florida. we have 2400 trained red cross volunteers as you said coming from all over the country and here on the ground to make sure people have a safe place to stay. once the storm passes and we see what isaac's ...

Duration for the winds, but we could see tornadoes today and tomorrow. >> so bad news, it is stalled. let's begin our coverage with our chief meteorologist. >> that is a problem. it means it is going to rain across southeastern louisiana, mississippi and alabama. this will be a 30-- 36-hour event of the strong winds and strong rain of the unfortunately major problems for these people. one thing we are seeing is dry air on the western side that will mean some weakening of the storm. it has not moved much at all over the last three hours. it is still over water. the pressure has -- the latest ad...

Unnerving. but the good thing here is the winds are peril let. it is like they are coming due east here and that is blowing the ocean and the potential storm surge away. it is blowing it to the west. if the winds come from the ocean toward the north we will probably have and that is the big problem right now are the winds piling the water up. some locations along the coast are probably getting hammered right now. >> warren, thanks for taking a couple of minutes. >> warren is safe tonight. a storm chaser's job is apparently done for the evening, at least in that location. but all eyes are on ...