now in new orleans. caroline is there to give us her perspective. reporter: we lost power about an hour ago, throughout afternoon it was steady rain and wind, coming at you sideways, we heard screeches of meetal, we avoided it. it is dangerous but we could see it coming, but now we're in the dark it will get dangerous. new orleans mayor said stay in place, police chief said, think of our police officers and firefighters, they have families too. now we had steady wind banks in afternoon. and we have tourists still on the streets, that is what the mayor does not want to happen, rescue folks may not