right now is it s going to be a lot more wind, i think, so it does worry me with the trees. and no joke. reporter: look straight up, 175 foot trees they have in the yard. with the high winds and the initial bands of this hurricane are starting to approach this area, so here in the next couple hours, the scene here is going to dramatically change. just tell everyone to be careful over there. and ed, thank you very much. you be careful as well. joining us now on the phone is john ram junior from louisiana. we spoke yesterday. you gave us a little sense of what was going on. what s the situation where you are right now? right now we re situated we border new orleans on their eastern side. we re getting some of the fringe effects of the storm that made land fall. currently up in the northern part of the perish. we re getting gusts up to about 65 miles per hour.