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Not heard too much about search and rescue. as the hours are passing, the reports are that the winds here will start dying down at 8:00 a.m. they expect those are the sustained winds and the rain throughout the night. the best case scenario is by noonish tomorrow that you start to get to a point where things should really be in much better position. what we are going to do is to throughout our district from top to bottom and substantiate live tweeting and letting the neighborhood leaders know what we are seeing and finding. we are hearing about downed tree limbs, trees, roofs and as we look in...

Possible. >> you can see them but we are just showing you some of the first pictures from the united states coast guard who have been conducting over flights with some of the damage and destruction and you could see. and you see debris everywhere. i'm trying to -- i have these pictures on my phone as well. you could see near -- this is actually near grand isle which has been a huge concern because i think communications have been completely knocked out. they've been out of contact with folks in grand isle since yesterday afternoon. you see water everywhere. you see roofs, structures, completel...

Back up with the high winds that went through new orleans. i think we may have higher winds in ida than when katrina came through new orleans. this will be a big wind event as well as the continuation of the challenges with the rain water flooding the streets that would normally flood through a heavy thunderstorm, and if they get over ten inches of rain they will be in trouble with the pumps out. >> it seems like we are not in the same situation where we are concerned about the levees breaking open, but rather we are concerned about the levees flowing over especially if we can't get the power ...

That mattress right there helped them survive because they stood behind this wall, put the mattress up when ida descended upon them, and used the mattress to protect them as the house basically disintegrated around them, so they used that in order to survive, and this is where we're finding, victor and alisyn, through much of this neighborhood, i'm going to hop down here and try and show you a little more in terms of what it looks like as we take a look up the street here. more destruction. you've been talking to some of our folks in and around new orleans, and they talk about the water damage...

>> and you said the worst is likely yet to come for baton rouge. how bad could this be? >> well, you know, of course we can only speculate. but right now, as i said, we have some strong winds. it is a wind event for baton rouge. we do expect heavy rain, and the worst time for our community is expected from now until about 3:00 a.m. early tomorrow morning. so we just want everyone to hunker down, stay in place, and i believe that our citizens, as we often say, are red stick ready. >> they've been through hurricanes before, but this is especially powerful and packing a very powerful punch. as yo...