those ring bands forming, which if we hadn t seen in a while because there had been so much dry air on the north side of the system most of the energy and rain was just south of that out in the gulf now we re starting to see the rain bands forming here. now the good news, if there s good news at all about this storm, which is not good news for most people. but for new orleans, there is some good news in terms off rainfall the bulk of that heaviest rain when you re talking upwards of 25 inches will be west of new orleans. the problem is the not so good news is been tween northerly jz atween new orleans to baton rouge, these areas are going to be dealing with the worst rain and worst river flooding here and likely flash flooding new orleans could get flash flooding that is possible for streets and highways but in terms of the inundation