really see the visible signs of people making necessary preparations. a big reason for that, that city is protected by a storm defense system built after hurricane katrina, more than $14 billion went into that system. the time people need to be paying attention to there, 7:00 p.m. that's when a curfew will be in effect citywide in new orleans, fred. >> thank you. mississippi is asking residents along its gulf coast to get out of the way of nate and evacuate. cnn meteorologist derrick joins us now. are you in golf port or biloxi? >> in biloxi. good morning. >> that wasn't right. sorry about that. biloxi. >> reporter: no problem. that's all right. we're in biloxi ask we are right along the famed intersection 90 corridor, a hurricane evacuation route. there has been several events that have either been delayed or cancelled, including a beach boys concert that was supposed