up, rounds of heavy rain as you get into monday morning along some of the same areas that we have folks out there right now, eric, this is going to take a little while, so even as the center of circulation moves, the moisture behind it is what we will be watching. eric: it s going to come down. yeah. eric: cause such problems over the next few weeks, adam, thank you, arthel. arthel: for more on this commander of mississippi valley division, he joins us now by phone, general kaiser, thanks for joining us. i m glad to be here, thanks for having me on. arthel: very important day to have you, let s start here, how dangerous are current levels of the mighty mississippi? the highest it s been for a long time, i remind all the viewers, 41% of our country past new orleans, we ve taken
deep enough to get a sense of what s happening here. this was really the hardest hit county so far in the state. county saw 25 inches of rain in the last several days. keep in mind also there was a wind event. this storm packed a punch. winds gusting at 45 miles per hour. strong enough to knock over several things, knock down some trees and cause a lot of problems with debris in the roads. here along this coastal road, we are finding that police are in place to make sure that drivers are not surprised when they ran past those low lying areas when they find again, water at least a foot high, so precautions are being taken. i also want to show you what s happening right now. just east of us in the state, flooding is happening right now in cities like live oak and lake city, that s where they are dealing with the storm system as it goes very slowly over the state of florida causing a lot of flooding, soledad. george howell, updating us on what looks like a big giant mess in fl