a span, though, of more than 200 miles. a huge storm. abc's matt gutman was in goshe, mississippi, and ryan owens in louisiana with some of what they experienced in the few hours. >> reporter: we are not far from the gulf of mexico and not at all far from the eye of isaac. we expect that will pass directly over us. so far it is not raining. we have seen plenty of rain throughout the night. right now we're in between bands. we have seen some gusty wind. nothing that approaches hurricane strength, not yet. we are next to the public library here, couple blocks from a shelter where 175 people are spending the night. most of them families with small children who said, you know what, we are not going to take a chance of losing power, not with small children in the house. ironically, we met one mother there who has a 4-year-old son who is named isaac, she said he is getting quite a bit of grief around the shelter when people find out he shares a name with this storm. >> mississippi, the rain and the