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>> this was a storm that could have played out very, very differently. we leaned forward. we were prepared for the risks, the threats that had been forecasted. and again we're thankful that the worst case scenario did not happen. >> bill: a really long weekend for the folks there. hurricane barry downgraded to a tropical depression posing a risk to many, a slow crawl across louisiana and potentially flash flooding and tornadoes. mike steele from the office of homeland security and emergency management is with us now. good day to you. what do you think the folks who live in your state need to k...

From our local emergency managers all the way through fema. they have been with us every step of the way and so it's good to see all the wheels in motion like they've been the past few days. >> sandra: we're thankful for that. rescue efforts are ongoing. 3,000 louisiana national guard have been deployed throughout the area. can you tell us more about the ongoing efforts to rescue those in trouble? >> some of the rescue -- there haven't been significant rescue numbers. looks like everyone was prepared. we had the 3,000 guard personnel activated and helped distribute 900 thousand bags around the...

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Here we're along a river in louisiana and these rivers just like the mississippi river at almost near all-time highs. as you look at this community you can see in some of these low lying areas where there are houses the rivers very high. it takes a few inches of rain for the water to spill into some of these communities forcing rescues like we have seen throughout the weekend due to this storm barry. the governor here feeling grateful saying that he believes they dodged a bullet when it came to this storm. they didn't get the anticipated 15 to 24 inches of rain. but he does say that he feels t...

This morning and it is impacting those areas. we understand there are a lot of people still stalling out vehicles and they need to be rescued. there is also a request to get some high-water vehicles up to that region. we aren't out of the woods yet. at least we had better than anticipated things happen as far as the coast is concerned. >> bill: such as less of a storm than you expected? >> yeah. there were some concerns about the surge. we have a high mississippi river level that we've been dealing with basically since the beginning of the year and so there were concerns about that being impac...