region, not just in louisiana, mississippi, parts of alabama as well tonight. harris: wow, just think about that you are moving from one location to try to get to the next to get away from what might happen and it happens in that area. i had not heard it in a that detail. thank you. they just can t get away. harris: mississippi reopening gulf coast casinos now that isaac is a memory there. the states department of environmental quality has closed all state beaches over concerns. debris from isaac may be contaminating the water. that would put a damper on badly needed tourism money and far from the only obstacle people there are facing as you might imagine. they are getting set for the daunting clean up after that storm. phil keating is live in biloxi, mississippi tonight, phil? the river s basin, harris, all along the gulf remains swollen and flooded. here in southern coastal mississippi all rivers are expected to crest at levels not seen in several years. which is the river, a
half. they are receding. continue to do so just as long as there are no roar rain up north of substance. everyone will get to mop up the mess isaac created all through the this holiday weekend. on the beaches biloxi along the coast they do remain closed as well as debris removal. that s continuing all weekend and also waiting for federal investigators to get down here to make sure there are no tar balls left over stirred up from the two years ago bp oil spill. harris? harris: phil keating. thank you very much. remnants of isaac now soaking the mid section of this country. some of the areas suffering from severe drought conditions for months now. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is with me now. rick, not all good news for those farmers? they needed the rain in the spring. at this point their crops are gone. this is actually going to make it a little bit more difficult for them as they are in there trying to till the land. this is good news eventually for the long-term drought. the