that s been open all morning, pretty much the only place open in town, everybody stocking up just before the rain hits, including us. the cashier told us he is closing down in about ten minutes from now and heading for home. the issue around here, fred, is going to be this is a low, flat area and they have seen flooding in the past. 2001, tropical storm alison hung over here for way too long. in 2016, they had according to the police chief 17 inches of rain in four hours, 600 homes flooded, including the chief s. after that, they didn t wait for federal, state or parrish funding, they went ahead themselves to fix their drainage system and try and cope with what is about to hit them today and over this weekend. elsewhere in this area, lafayette just 15 minutes up the road, that s about ten feet higher than we are down here but the river there could be an issue. it s running very low right now, three or four feet, but it is going to rise to 15 feet, fred,
to three days, just in case it does strengthen more than expected and it heads in your general direction. our computer models it s interesting, the national hurricane center s forecast is actually to the left of this. the models have shifted a little closer once again towards tampa and definitely up toward the panama city, pensacola, ach latch cola, florida, area. notice none of them are taking it directly toward new orleans at this time, but again, you re not out of the woods. we ve got rain this morning from kansas city to oklahoma city. eastern seaboard, if you re around the d.c. area, mid-atlantic, you were looking at a nice weekend. now all of a sudden, the area of low pressure is going to stall out near you and maybe rainy weather possible, even creeping up toward new york city by sunday. again, as far as isaac s concerned, tampa looks a little better today than yesterday, but by far, you still have to keep your guard up. we have a lot of people who watch this show probably g