and this boat, no match for the rough waves slamming into the mississippi overnight, despite efforts to wrangle the boat here, it was a lost cause, ta digging a huge hole in the hull and capsizing, you are in the cnn newsroom, i m susan hendricks. this massive storm is stalled just off the coast of the new orleans. it promptses to bring high winds, heavy rains and flooding. the governors have declared states of emergency. already power has been knocked out to thousands in the southern part of mississippi, the mayor of new orleans held a news conference a short time ago warning residents not to be complacent. we expect stormy conditions for the next 36 hours, so please do not be lulled into sleep by the breaks in rain. we have to stay alettrt. as all of us who have been through this know, it s not how much we get, but it s how much we get in a short period of time and should that come with unexpected rain bands, we can expect to get what we got last night, which was some flo