as long as you got electricity you could still make it. but i m not going nowhere for this. i don t see it going to be too bad. senator, what is your message to people in the mandatory evacuation areas not leaving and who think they can just ride out the storm? well, my first response is a lot of people stay to protect their property. the most important things in life aren t things. worry about your life and your family s life. we have shelters set up all across south louisiana, all you have to do is give somebody a call and we ll come get you, and we ll get you to safer ground. don t don t be stuck on stupid. get out. if you feel at all at risk. the problem with the rainfall and the levee topping is we don t know exactly where, if at all, the levee will top and we can t predict where the heavy rain will be. now the gentleman you just had on, he may be fine. but if he gets 20 inches of rain