all flood gates in the hurricane system in the new orleans area are sealed off. with those flood gates being closed. some three thousand national guard troops have been prepositions with utility trucks and emergency supplies. louisiana governor edwards is warning residents to have a game plan. we have to be extremely prepared for a very manger rain event across much of louisiana. officials in new orleans are advising folks in the path of the storm to stay dry and stay put. shelter in place. have commodities and supplies to last you upward of 72 hours. time is short. if you have preparation that s you need to complete, now is the time. you do not have much more time at all before the impact of barry will be here. barry is still forecasted to come a shore near morgan city, louisiana, saturday morning as a
the city? the levee system is in great shape. we ha a situation where we had good news and the weather over the last couple days, as chested. it crested 60 per middle and that lessens it. we were looking at the surge of the outside, coming in. we have shut the system down. we don t see anything exceeding what the hurricane system has divide storm search? it was. as it was coming through, the anticipated, as the storm was muiring over to the east. what we re looking at now, is
really, we have the best river system probably in the world when it comes to levies. then we have the best hurricane system definitely in the country. so we are in good shape, confident in the integrity of the levy. a big concern is height. harris: and any change in winds. i know you re not expecting overtopping on those levies right now, but i can change, as he pointed out. is this goes on as a hurricane, that means the wind speeds with up. i m curious about people who have chosen to stay behind. you know, what we are seeing in the modeling, there hasn t been an evacuation order for the new orleans area. the system is within its parameters for what it s designed to defend. when you are looking at areas outside the new orleans area, specifically in plaquemines, we have an order. it s time to get outcome because once that storm gets here, you re kind of stuck. harris: ricky boyette,
tell us what kind of resources you have deployed throughout the north carolina and south carolina coast? it is a combination. it is not just us. this is a partnership all the way down to the state and local level. right now, for example, we re focussed really on safety and security and rescue missions. we have over, i think it s close to 1,300 search and rescue assets. people and assets on the ground from south carolina to the district of columbia. we have to take the forecast the national hurricane system gives us. our search and rescue guys are supporting the local first response heroes in new bern to try to get people out if they can reach them. yesterday and today what our meteorologist chad myers has been warning about of course is storm surge. that is what he predicted would be deadly if people stayed
and i don t wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait.and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. sean: fox news alert, sean: hurricane florence barreling toward the east coast. rick is in the fox news weather center. this is theth real deal, rick. yeah, it is. some storms are bad, but maybe not all that bad. this is going to be bad for a number of reasons. take a look at this.w yesterday was the statistical peak of hurricane system.