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Become impassable and quickly flooded. Unless it is unavoidable, please remain in your homes. Dana casey stegal is reporting live from new orleans. Casey . Reporter yeah, dana. Emergency management officials holding that briefing not long ago describing how theyre really preparing for more of a flooding event as opposed to a wind event and things like that. In fact, roll the video. They may have had a slight taste of whats to come yesterday. Look at this. Caught many by surprise during the morning rush hour. 8 inches of rain came down in just three hours, sending water into businesses, right down there in downtown new orleans metro. And officials at that press conference saying what happened yesterday could bring 12 to 18 inches of rain to southern louisiana by monday. So they say that it could be bone dry one minute and then torrential rainfall the next. There is now a mix of voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders now across the region. I dont think my life or my childrens life are ....