will make landfall, and the fact is, they expect this storm to have heavy storm surge and heavy rainfall, along the northern gulf coast. so, if there's a focus on where the eye hits, a lot of other people might be affected too. now, we just came from the lower ninth ward, the neighborhood that was decimated, of course, by hurricane katrina. a lot of the people there are evacuating, but we did find a few that say they do plan to ride this out. they say they trust the army corps of engineers and the improvements that have been made to the levee system, and they feel that hurricane isaac just won't be as strong as hurricane katrina. martin? >> nbc's gabe gutierrez. thanks so much, gabe. stay with us, the day's top lines are coming up. we make a simple thing.