and so you're absolutely right. and this is very early to be seeing that on pontchartrain. pontchartrain and mississippi river is what the levies protect new orleans from. if you're seeing water topple over that, that's not good news. what we're hoping is the levee systems hold which is what didn't happen in katrina. >> they've been fortified since then. all right, rick like mitt, thanks, rick -- like mitt, than. eric: heavy rain and flooding in new orleans, you'll remember the impact of hurricanes on that wonderful city, this exactly 16 years ago when hurricane katrina swept through. that flooding and the devastating winds killing about 1800 people. jeff paul now live, he's on the mississippi banks of the river, in river front park, downtown new orleans at the french quarter. jeff, the situation there?