water. you ca emerald green ocean water. it s making the mississippi river go in the opposite direction of its natural flow. the storm is having these affects, if you look at the radar you can see howie norm must this monster is going to be after it makes landfall tonight, early tomorrow morning it will start pouring down rain and it will not stop anywhere from 18 to 20 inches of rain which is exactly why people in the low-lying areas. remember that new orleans is below sea level as it is, so people who live outside the security of the levees, people who live in those very low-lying areas were undermanned torrey evacuation. judging by the cars we saw yesterday people were really heading that call for evacuation and leaving. that being said at the same time there are thousands of folks under a voluntary evacuation. a lot of people tell us perhaps they didn t suffer too much damage during hurricane gustaf