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Sustained winds over 24 hours. this seems to have gone well beyond that. have you seen anything like this before and how worried are you about this intensification? >> well, you know, we were expecting this. you start looking at the forecast for the storm it was right over the warmest parts of the gulf of mexico, and didn't see any sheer or warm, you know, get dry in there, nothing was impeding it. everything was coming together for this to happen and it did overnight. you look at the storm surge and this rain. that is a scary amount of rainfall forecast. you look at this area in red and purpl...

Gridlock for miles coming in and out of baton rouge. i breathed a sigh of relief when i found a gas station that had available gas. for those people who want to get out at this point it really is too late in terms of when this storm is going to make its way onshore and the resources that you would need to get out of town. we've talked to a number of people who said they couldn't afford to do so. now you have a gas shortage as well and many areas around southeast louisiana, here in central louisiana as well. those are all things that people are vying against trying to combat as we await the arr...