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Im just praying to the lord to protect us. Margaret plus, the candidates for president together at a 9 11 memorial. Honoring the nearly 3,000 killed 23 years ago. And shaking hands just hours after their first debate. And wildfires out west scorch more than 100,000 acres. What we are learning about a man arrested for arson in one of the states biggest blazes. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah odonnell. We begin with the breaking news. Hurricane francine just coming ashore, making landfall in louisiana, with wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. Relentless Storm Surge of 510 feet is inundating the coastlin ....
Florida, this treatment is unbelievable. gumbo, potato salad! they have been an absolute godsend to us. y all want drinks? i ve been on a lot of storms. i ve been doing this for quite some time. we have never been treated this good before. not like this, it s pretty cool. reporter: but angel says it s the least she could do. keep working hard. reporter: these guys put in 16-hour days, seven days a week, away from their families. we love y all. reporter: and in talking to them, angel has learned it s rarely about the money. it s about duty. if you re a lineman and you don t take a call to go on storm, is what they call it, it s like being in the army and turning down deployment. reporter: so in louisiana, they re now recognizing linemen for the heroes that they are. they re helping us to rebuild the community that we love so much. reporter: and that s how you restore the power of gratitude. steve hartman, on the road, in houma, louisiana. o donnell: peopl ....
Couldn t stand the thought of them eating cold, processed food. there were no restaurants. yeah, nothing in houma was open, no power, no water. reporter: so if they wanted food they came to you. came to the women of louisiana, yeah. reporter: and that s the thing, it s not just angel, not by a long shot. good morning, we re turnin and burnin . t turnin and burnin . reporter: while we were there, seemed every 15 minutes, someone else showed up with a side dish, a scene that repeats daily here in houma and across louisiana. it s good? it s good! okay. reporter: on this facebook group, we found thousands ofe women and men helping the linemen in every parish affected by the storm. they ve been preparing meals, offering rooms, even doing laundry. it s like checking your chickens and you got an egg. reporter: angel tells the men to leave their dirty clothes on the porch and has them fluffed and folded by morning. thank you very much. you re welcome. reporter ....
Buildings, of trees, of power lines. and we know that there are countless people in the dark right now, not knowing when their power is going to be restored. and what s even more frustrating is getting around town may be incredibly difficult. we re hearing reports that there may be some low-lying bridges that are either under water and/or collapsed here in houma. that s only going to add to the frustration for trying to move forward from this. in the meantime, as you can see that wind still definitely a problem here. we watched buildings have their roofs ripped off whenever these winds were gusting upwards of 140 miles an hour. the residents here knew they were right in the middle of ida now for at least the past several days, and this was a devastatingly consistent path. it nearly went right over the top of us. as a result, we re seeing the consequences. what really hurts for these folks is they know all too well what the damage these storms can do. back in 2008, they suffered from ....
Gustav. everyone around here, of course, remembers hurricane katrina. and there is a feeling of, here we are yet again. and really, it will take daylight before we witness the true extent of the damage here. but richard, going to be an incredibly long night for so many people here in houma and southern louisiana. back to you. they re hoping for the best, certainly, as they have such a long history there. morgan chesky, thank you there in houma. let s go now east, about 150 miles. shaq, you re there in gulfport, mississippi. storm surging was one of the concerns there. a curfew has been issued as well. we saw you earlier showing some of the structural damage. a lot happening on the east side of the storm. that s exactly right. remember, we are well over 100 miles from where the storm actually made landfall. and you see me behind this column right here. i m going to step over a little bit just so you can see the impact of this, because once i break from that impact of the storm, you ....