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Tomorrow, state offices will be closed in the same 38 parishes that we mentioned yesterday. we ve also made the additional determination that on monday all state offices will be closed across the state of louisiana. i gave you a break. i didn t want to read through 38 parishes. as of 6:00 a.m. today, shelters began to open across the state of louisiana. we have just a few dozen people in state shelters at the time. right now any individual looking for shelter in a parish that s called for evacuation, look first to the shelters in your parish. contact your office of emergency preparedness. you can also text lashelter to 898211. or you can just dial 211 to get ....
Of course this impending disaster for southern louisiana is all unfolding amongst the back drop of a global pandemic. the governor just mentioned louisiana has been hit particularly hard with this pandemic. we have a low vaccination rate, around 41% of adults vaccinated within the state and a high level of hospitalizations within this area. so that is going to complicate matters. we have several threats here. i m only 10 feet above sea level where i m standing. so storm surge is going to be a concern. even though i m 15 miles from the gulf of mexico, that water has the ability to funnel up the bayous that you see behind me. we have nearly 100 gates that are currently closing right now to help protect this particular area. the leave yee system is a leave yee lock and flood gate protection system that was built in 2013 to protect the terra bone parish and residents as well. it s signed the to provide up to ....
Shelter information. if you need to find out how to contact your parish office of emergency preparedness, you can get that information under contacts at getagameplan.org. you can also get that information by going through the 211 system, as i just mentioned. so you can text lashelter to 898211, or call 211. if you can stay with friends or family outside of your area if you re evacuating, that s wonderful. you need to have conversations about that process and any covid-related concerns ahead of time. i would urge people that if you re evacuating, perhaps from ....
15 feet between morgan city and the mouth of the mississippi river. from 7 to 11 feet from the mouth of the river to ocean springs, mississippi. so if you just look at that geographic, the storm surge will impact st. mary parish,ter rebone parish, jefferson paris the most, and certainly plaquesman parish and st. bernard will be challenged with storm surge as well. 8 to 16 inches of rain with locally higher amounts possible. the higher amount could be 20 or more inches, and that s sunday through tuesday. and as a result, and, by the way, there s a bit-con fluency of all these areas. but again, stretching from lafayette through are baton rouge over to new orleans and points south, that s where they re expecting the heaviest rainfall. and you hate to make comparisons with other storms because every ....
The first pictures from louisiana on the signs of flooding. the mayor of new orleans is not takings chances. ordering residents to seek shelter because it could dump 20 inches of rain testing the levy limits there. accuweather storm chaser reed timer is outfront live in morgan city, louisiana. reed you ve been driving around today. what have you been seeing so far. well some of the worst i ve seen so far was in terra bone parish is to to the southeast of highway 90 and the low country there and we saw the first signs of storm surge up and over the island roads. that s the marsh like islands to the southeast. you can see the water level rise. there were waves crashing over the highway there. the locals were taking swim in some of the current out there. taking advantage of the fishing conditions. any had caught a bunch of blue crab because of the high tide coming up over the road. ....