they may be ordered off the road, and so they re trying to remind a lot of the motorists who may be out kind of joyriding or taking a look, that they are having to risk their safety, and that if they get into trouble, there may not be able to get help for a little while. they are trying to get that word out. we have had a lot of talk with our weather experts, with rick and adam and steve kind of telling you about the significance of being in the upper right quadrant of this storm. that s where we are. and so we re just now beginning to see these serious impacts. this story is just beginning for this part of the coast. and we certainly have several long hours ahead. eric? eric: what do you expect during those next hours in terms of the impact where you are right now? we see the difference between you and what we just saw with steve. yeah, and amazingly right now, we actually still have power in our immediate part of what we can see here gulf port. i don t expect that to last long. w
effect here starting tonight, like so many other parishes across the region. grand isle, we want to take you there, for example, inundated with storm surge and rain. that s south of new orleans, right there along coastal southern louisiana. we re getting reports that there is six feet of water on highway 1. that s the only road in and out. white caps in fact on what used to be a road. most residents down there did heed the evacuation orders and got out. officials say, however, about 40 people decided to stay, and now they can t be reached for help. we have gotten requests for rescue for people who stayed on the island, obviously, and i mentioned white caps are on the highway. our fire station is taking water on grand isle. obviously, first responders can t get to you. those folks are going to have to hunker down and wait for the storm to pass before it s safe. now, up to 20 inches of rain could fall as we ve been telling
i expect that to be an issue. we are getting reports that highway 90 right here behind me is starting to flood in several parts of it because of the storm surge. immediately kind of out of our viewing area here, we are starting to see that road get closed. more of these dangers that we are trying to get people to a safe place right now and just ride this out. i know my camera is fogging up here. i m going to do a live action of cleaning the lens, if you don t mind. that happens. we re in the middle of a hurricane. they are trying to get these folks off the road and in safe shelter right now because it is going to continue to go downhill. eric: that old saying turn around don t drown. will, thank you very much. without a doubt. arthel: thank you. for more on the storm s impact, we will bring in the president of st. charles parish, louisiana, and matthew, i understand that you ordered a mandatory evacuation. you still have some of the residents stayed, nonetheless, and i understand
orleans, it s going to be the rain, and it is not going to be watt their is driven water that s driven in by the storm surge, with that confidence in the levee system. lots of power outages. we re talking about upwards of 200,000 so far, and one of the things that i see here in new orleans that s a bit surprising to me is the bucket trucks. it s going to be tough to get the shot right now given our camera position here on canal street. the bucket trucks are already here. usually what you see with a hurricane is they back up outside of harm s way, and then when the storm is over, they come in. as you look down canal street, one of the things you can see in addition to those trucks is that these palm trees are really taking a beating. there s a lot of water in the soil, and when you see the trees that tip over, ultimately what you see happen is the ground gets softened for hours and hours with the rain coming in, and then as the rain continues to or the wind, i should say,
me. it is about my fellow new orleans friends and fellow louisianans, in mississippi, alabama as well, in the path of ida, it s a time that we as americans need to come together and realize that so many forces that can work against us as a collective us, so we should stop fighting with each other and come together to fight against things that are working against us. that s all i want to say. eric: we re all in this together. we need to stay safe. if you are home, shelter in place. don t take any chances. don t go out like you saw our brave mike do. adam klotz is here, weather meteorologist with the very latest on the storm and where it is going next. what do we expect? it had two landfalls, adam? adam: yeah, well, one landfall. we have some barrier islands that set up kind of along the louisiana coast, so that initial land out out on one of those barrier islands. now more of a landfall that will stick. we will be over land which will allow this to weaken.