in monroe, gusting to 60 miles per hour. we have a long road ahead of us from this storm, at least 36 hours for louisiana from now. you know how we know that the night is getting long? rick has his jacket on, his tie is tied. by the end of the night or the morning the tie s loose, the jacket s off, the sleeves rolled up. stay at it, rick. we need you. thank you. we have seen him before. in a sorry state. true. thanks very much. you bet. hurricane isaac is pounding new orleans with wind and water. its effects being felt further inland. joining plea from baton rouge, colonel michael edmonson, superintendent of the louisiana state police and the deputy secretary of public safety in the state. colonel, thanks for being with us. give us an update on your status. certainly, for a little while, there was a lot of speculation. keep in mind, we prepare, based
have the extreme weather we are experiencing. you can literally now see the rain pouring t. wasn t just 30 seconds ago when we started talking to you. but you talk about things being a little bit dederted. if you deserted. normally, at this hour, new orleans, a lot of people out and about, not so much. a lot of places are boarded up. a lot of people heeding the warnings, although there were no mandatory evacuations in the crescent city. it was more of a voluntaria basis. a lot of people said they were going to get out and not ride this storm out. the only mandatory evacuations were a handful of the lower lying parishes, like st. bernard and also in clackman s parish, where we had water spilling over a levy, but no breaches. isaac is really the true test for all of the improvements and everything that we have been,
this is a scene in biloxi, mississippi, where the storm surge is the real threat. keep it right here for the very latest. grerks also, the major gregg, also, the major concern? really, how quickly hurricane isaac will be moving inland. our team of meteorologists tracking hurricane isaac. rick as we always turn to him in momings of need. rick, what s the latest? you know what? maybe a slight shift to what we have been saying, a little bit in the past. the official path from the national hurricane center move its slightly to the west. i ll show you, you have winds gusting to 64 miles per hour in new orleans. towards 7:00 in the morning, around 70 miles per hour. but the storm, instead of moving to the northwest, according to this one model tpulls it further to the west, not northwest, but to the west. go forward to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow
disruptions during these types of calamities so at then of the day, the country recognizes the importance that louisiana plays national neproviding energy to the rest of the country. and that we in louisiana, support domestic oil production in other places of the country because of the problem we are seeing today. yeah. you know, i have seen the platform, not to mention that your idea would creations. stay safe, sir. we really appreciate you taking time at this hour. our best to you, your family and your constituents. thank you. thank you so much. the force of hurricane isaac is being felt well beyond the coast of louisiana right now. yeah, when we were return, we will go live to the capitol of baton rouge and see what precautions are being taken to sheeltd locals there from isaac. we ll be right back. don t go anywhere. for areas in the direct path of the storm, there will be hurricane-force winds lasting from 6 to 10 hours.
daylight. it s really still a lot of unknowns right there. we are watching it. we are certainly preparing for the worst, hoping for the best. understand that we are going to be in this for several days. all right. colonel edmonson, keep in touch with us, if you would, sir. you know, we are very concerned about your community and want to make sure that we get all the latest information. thank you very much. i appreciate that. all eyes are on new orleans tonight, i am reading just now, there is a storm surge of as much as 10 feet or more. the national hurricane service saying the storm moving at only 7 miles per hour north. that s very slow and the rain is building. the ability to withstand isaac s storm surge, the first real test of the improved system in the wake of hurricane katrina. casey stegill, live from new orleans. i am sure there was a lot of talk all day long about whether or not the levees would hold.