You know, we re still a hurricane with time overnight tonight. by monday afternoon, we get this system pretty close to vixsburg, overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, we can still see some of these winds. we could still see the rainfall and rain bands continuing with tornadoes in those as well. this system as it moves norlthd, the areas of rain bands don t move much west and east. as a result, you get repetitive rain. that s more wind damage, rainfall, and each one of these little waves coming out of the center, you re getting hurricane force wind gusts as far as new orleans in these waves. it s not just about the center. there s some big wind gusts well outside of the center. talk to me about the wind gusts. i think if you have not lived through one of these hurricanes or storms, it is hard to know what to make of this. what are you watching for when it comes to the potential impact of the winds? what are the greatest threats from here on out? yeah, the greatest threats are goi
Days, people here basically said, we re in louisiana. we see this kind of thing all the time. we re not overly concerned, and certainly, we re too far inland for this to impact us, so i haven t seen a ton of traffic on the road. the problem with saying we re too far inland is what i talked about a second ago. the wind power has not died down. we re looking at a potential catastrophic situation. don t see a lot of folks on the road now. i m sure many folks wish they had gotten out when they could have. there s no flights out today and the highways were a mess when the window was open. you talked a little bit about the expectation of power going out for a pretty long period of time. how else have residents been told they need to prepare for the days and weeks ahead? food, nonperishables, flashlights, certainly, if you re talking about an extended period of time with no power. fema has ramped up, thankfully for louisiana and his mis, they gathered up 32 million meals, 2