restaurant sits on the water come a restaurant called landry s and you can see over my shoulder the proof they came off year at this patio grill, which looks over the water. a really nice place insurer under different circumstances. corpus christi in general didn t suffer nearly the blow that sounds like rob port did, other places like that they really were decimated by this storm. we are heading back into rock poured it in our. we ve got to wait until the sun comes up so it s safer to move into the area because there s so many obstacles to get through before you get into that town area of rock part which is a small town of 10,000 people. it was decimated its return to some video and show you the rockport look like as of yesterday. removed early yesterday morning when it is was completely empty and didn t appear emergency services had been in there yet. total distraction from the rose covered in water, trees, power
their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators won t think twice about grabbing a human. let s go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriff s deputies are urging people to leave. and in this subdivision made up of 20 homes, almost everyone has heeded that warning. you can see the spot behind me here, just a patch of dirt, a few hours ago there was a trailer home on that spot. a young man by the name of bret ensley literally had the trailer picked up and driven out of the neighborhood taking it to higher ground. we have seen that in a number of places. other than that, people are bringing in trucks and trailers and loading up what they ca
places. other than that, people are bringing in trucks and trailers and loading up what they can and starting to move to higher ground. a little while ago i spoke with the parish president here in st. landry s who told me they expected the water to start rising and showing up in some of the neighborhoods around midnight tonight. so that s why they need to put out the evacuation order and felt they needed to do that to get people moving in some of the areas. this is not for everyone, just in certain pockets of the lowest-lying areas. we have been in many of the communities this afternoon, don, and we are watching the people start to scramble to get out of here. and they are anticipating to be gone for quite some time. it will take a while for the waters to rise up, even though the parish president here in st. landry s says so far he felt good because the water according to reports he was getting was not rising as fast or perhaps as much as anticipated. they have been told to expect 10 t