standing barges that rise with the floodwaters, shep, back to you. shepard: jonathan serrie live upriver. thanks, jonathan. towns further down river in louisiana haven t even started to seat worst of the floods yet. many of those areas are now clearing out. and folks are anticipating the water spilling over its banks, potentially walling their homes and communities. shepard: even as folks work to protect their properties, there is save the we mains of their loved ones. our senior correspondent rick leventhal live tonight in amelia, louisiana, with more on that. hey, rick. hey, shepard, folks down here are used to flooding. it s almost become routine. they have gotten very good at building temporary walls of sand. they know thousand pack up and move out in a hurry if necessary. they have learned the hard way about protecting what s most