we'll try to get more information on that shot. heavy rain is still in the area. the guests are clearly -- let's go to al roker, who's in new orleans. what is the scene like right now? >> we kept the crew underneath a portico. this is the heaviest rain, lindsey, we have seen yet, combined with the strong wind. we've heard from transformers blow. we've seen some fire trucks go by, lights in the hotel have been flickering. there are a lot of power outages now, more than a quarter of a million people. even though this is now a category 4 storm, with 140-mile-per-hour winds, it's expected that later this evening, probably around 6:00,