done by hurricane katrina. i m just shocked. i was here for katrina too. we had power back the next day. this is total, total opposite of what katrina was for us. would be nice if they put levee protection around our area as well as new orleans. all they did was protect new orleans. they didn t protect outer lying areas. so the water had nowhere to go. so it had become this way. jenna: floods leaving many, you see on your screen, dead livestock. alligators and snakes lurking in the waters. if you have water in the house another factor you have to think about. casey stiegel live in louisiana with more on all this. casey. reporter: if i see some of those alligators or snakes i m out of here. we are at a fema disaster recovery center right back here behind me in plaquemines parish which as you know one of the hardest hit areas of isaac. this is one of five of these centers that are set up in the region. and it is really difficult