KPRC 2 NEWS AT 6:00.
>>> RIGHT NOW AT 6:00, SANDBAGS
AND SUPPLIES.
IN ALL TOO FAMILIAR SIGHT ALONG
THE GULF COAST DURING HURRICANE SEASON.
THIS TIME IT’S SOUTHEAST LAST
MAKING THOSE PREPARATIONS AS
HURRICANE IDA GAINS STRENGTH.
>>> AND JUST IN, AHEAD OF THAT STORM ORS ARRIVAL, THE SAINTS
STORM ORS ARRIVAL, THE SAINTS
HAVE CANCELED A PRESEASON GAME
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW.
THE TEAM WAS SCHEDULED TO PLAY
THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AT THE
SUPERDOME.
THE CITY AND SMALL TOWNS ALL ALONG THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST
ALONG THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST
ARE BRACING FOR IDA.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM
HOUSTON TO NEW ORLEANS.
>>> WE START TONIGHT WITH THE
VERY LATEST FROM OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST FRANK BILLINGSLEY.
METEOROLOGIST FRANK BILLINGSLEY.
>> THIS SYSTEM IS GOING TO
EXPLODE.
IT IS WARM.
THERE’S NO WIND SHEAR THAT’S
GOING TO IMPEDE IT.
IT IS A STRAIGHT SHOT TO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. IT’S OVER CUBA.
IT’S OVER CUBA.
IT HAD SOME EFFECTS IN CANADA.
THIS IS 600 MILES.
THIS TRACK.
THAT’S 600 MILES OF WIND PUSHING
WATER.
WIND CREATES SURGE. AND THAT WIND IS GOING TO PUSH
AND THAT WIND IS GOING TO PUSH
THAT WATER FOR 600 MILES.
IKE PUSHED WATER FROM THE
FLORIDA STRAITS FOR HOUSTON FOR
800 MILES.
THAT GIVES YOU THE POTENTIAL
STORM SURGE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE.
THE WATER, PLENTY WARM.
THIS IS THE FUEL.
87, 88, 89 DEGREES AND THAT’S
WHAT IT’S GOING TO BE
TRAVERSING.
THAT’S WHY IT’S GOING TO EXPLODE
SO MUCH.
80-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15.
BY 2:00 IN THE MORNING, WE’RE
LOOKING AT A CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE WITH 100-MILE-AN-HOUR
WINDS. 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, A CATEGORY 3
2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, A CATEGORY 3
WITH 120.
SUNDAY MORNING, INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, WITH THE STRIKE,
SUNDAY ABOUT 1:00, MOVING INLAND
INTO LOUISIANA.
BUT THEY’RE GOING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
EFFECTS BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND THIS IS 200 MILES AWAY AND
THEY WILL ALREADY BE FEELING
THAT SUFFRAGE, THAT HIGHER TIDE,
THE HEAVY RAINS AND THAT WIND
WILL BE COMING IN FROM TOMORROW
NIGHT ALL DAY SUNDAY, AND THE BETTER PART OF MONDAY BEFORE
BETTER PART OF MONDAY BEFORE
THIS SYSTEM MOVES ON INTO
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE. A 10- TO 15-FOOT STORM SURGE IS
A 10- TO 15-FOOT STORM SURGE IS
FORECAST IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
TO THE EAST OF THE STRIKE POINT,
THAT DIRTY SIDE, 10 TO 15-FOOT
SURGE. TO THE WEST SIDE, FOUR TO 11 --
TO THE WEST SIDE, FOUR TO 11 --
SEVEN, TWO TO FOUR.
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI GULF
COAST, SEVEN TO 11 FEET.
KEEP IN MIND, THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER IS GOING TO POSSIBLY FLOW
THE OTHER WAY, WITH THIS CEENLTD OF A WIND FORCE ON THIS.
OF A WIND FORCE ON THIS.
AND WATER COMING IN, AND THEN
YOU’VE GOT WATER HERE THROUGH
LAKE BORN AND THE STRAITS AND
THEN COMES INTO TO LAKE PONCA TRAIN.
THIS IS A -- PONTCHARTRAIN.
THE CITY DID PRETTY WELL WITH
GUS TAF BACK IN 200 EIGHT. -- 2008.
-- 2008.
THAT WAS 115-MILE-AN-HOUR STORM,
NOT 140.
IF IT MAINTAINS THAT STRENGTH,
THERE’S THE SURGE, EIGHTH TO 16 INCHES OF RAIN WITH 20 POSITION.
INCHES OF RAIN WITH 20 POSITION.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
TORNADOES ALWAYS COME WITH THESE
SYSTEMS AND THE WINDS WILL BE
CAUSING CATASTROPHIC
DESTRUCTION. HOMES, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
HOMES, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
MANUFACTURED HOMES, I’M TALKING
ABOUT FRAMED HOMES, LARGE
PERCENTAGE OF THEM WILL HAVE
ROOF FAILURE AND WALLS
COLLAPSING.
TREES WILL BE DOWN, POWER POLES WILL GO.
WILL GO.
SO ELECTRICITY WILL BE OUT FOR
WEEKS.
AND THE AREA WILL LIKELY BE
UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS IF NOT
MONTHS.
KEEP IN MIND AFTER LAURA, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, THERE ARE
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, THERE ARE
STILL PEOPLE WAITING ON ROOF
REPAIR IN LAKE CHARLES FROM A
YEAR AGO.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A
REALLY -- NOT JUST THIS WEEKEND.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM
EFFECT ON LOUISIANA. DOMINIQUE?
>> THAT’S JUST A NIGHTMARE FOR
TEM.
ANXIETY, OBVIOUS WORRY.
DREAD.
WE’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE MANY
TIMES WHEN HURRICANES HAVE TARGETED TEXAS.
TARGETED TEXAS.
THIS TIME IT’S TO OUR NEIGHBORS
IN LOUISIANA WHO ARE FEELING
THOSE EMOTIONS TONIGHT.
>> TONIGHT DOMINIQUE, THEIR MAIN
FOCUS IS JUST GETTING PREPARED.
LET’S HEAD OUT TO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA TO CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE.
WE HAVE A FEW POINTS OF
REFERENCE FOR OUT THIS MAP RIGHT
HERE.
BUT NEW ORLEANS IS WHERE OUR
BRANDON WALKER IS LIVE TONIGHT. SPECIFICALLY, YOU’RE IN
SPECIFICALLY, YOU’RE IN
NEW ORLEANS EAST, ALSO KNOWN
THERE AS THE EAST.
>> Reporter: AND THAT’S RIGHT,
CHRIS.
IF YOU ARE FROM NEW ORLEANS,
THIS IS THE EAST.
GOOD EVENING FROM ONE OF THE
MANY CANALS THAT MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
THROUGH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
PART OF THE CITY’S DRAINAGE
SYSTEM, AND SO WE’RE HEARING
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS SEWAGE AND
WATER BOARD WHICH SAYS 96 OF THE CITY’S 99 PUMPS ARE OPERATIONAL.
CITY’S 99 PUMPS ARE OPERATIONAL.
THEY STAND BEHIND THE SYSTEM.
ALTHOUGH THEY DO EXPECT -- THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH FLOODING.
WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH FLOODING.
ON DELLA COMPANY ISLAND,
TODAY -- HAS BEEN A SURGE TO GET
OUT.
>> THAT’S THE ONLY BAD PART
ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: HURRICANES THE BAD
PART SAYS DANNY HALL, A CRABBER.
HE AND OTHERS REMOVED THOUSANDS
OF TRAPS, MONEY THEY HOPE NOT TO
LOSE.
>> PUTTING US OUT OF WORK FOR A GOOD WEEK, MAYBE LONGER.
GOOD WEEK, MAYBE LONGER.
>> Reporter: THERE ISN’T LEVEE
PROTECTION IN THIS PART OF THE
PARISH.
FOR THAT THE FLOODWALL SEVERAL MILES NORTH MARKS THE SPOT WHERE
MILES NORTH MARKS THE SPOT WHERE
A CARAVAN OF BOATERS DECIDED TO
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
HE’S TAKING HIS HOME.
>> THE LAST STORM WE HAD HERE,
IT TURNED OVER ALL THE CAMPERS,
PUSHED ALL THE BOATS OFF THE HIGHWAY.
>> I’M TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: LORETTA DID HER
BEST TO GET TO WORK, WHERE SHE
LIVES, HAS NO LEVEE EITHER.
SOME HOMES ARE BUILT UP, MILLER’S ISN’T, ALTHOUGH SHE’S
MILLER’S ISN’T, ALTHOUGH SHE’S
TRIED.
>> THEY GAVE OUT $150,000 GRANTS
FOR PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR HOMES.
I DID NOT GET THE MONEY.
I DID NOT GET THE GRANT.
I’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR NINE
YEARS TO GET THIS GRANT.
>> Reporter: FLOOD FRUSTRATIONS,
16 YEARS DEEP AS OF SUNDAY, THE
DAY KATRINA HIT.
PUMMELING COMMUNITIES LIKE
EASTERN NEW ORLEANS WHERE THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN HERE, DONE IT, GET
READY TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> WE GO TO GEORGIA.
WE’VE GOT RELATIVES IN GEORGIA.
YEAH, WE GOT SOMEWHERE TO GO.
HOPEFULLY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
SOMEWHERE TO GO, TOO.
>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE,
SHOWED YOU THE MOUND.
HERE IT IS.
IT’S ALL DONE. A ALTHOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
A ALTHOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COMING FOR THE PAST 90 MINUTES
ASKING, HEY, WHERE’S THE SAND.
DEMAND WAS PRETTY BIG OUT HERE
AS PEOPLE ARE PRAISING FOR THE
STORM DO WHAT THEY OPEN IT WON’T
DO -- HOPE IT WON’T DO.
>> I KNOW YOU’RE FROM
NEW ORLEANS.
YOU HAVE FAMILY THERE IN
NEW ORLEANS.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE STAYING OR GOING?
THAT ONE MAN WHO WAS GETTING THE
SAND, HE WAS GOING TO GEORGIA.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE MOST PEOPLE
WILL LEAVE OR WILL THEY TRY TO
RIDE THIS THING OUT?
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT’S NOT AN
EASY QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE
IT IS 0 ALSO A MATTER OF
RESOURCES. YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS PROP WHERE
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET UP AND
LEAVE.
WE DID SPEAK TO QUITE A FEW
PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY’RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, STAY
DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, STAY
WITH FRIEND IN HIGHER GROUND.
SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY’LL MAKE
THEIR WAY TO HOUSTON.
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE
FORECAST.
THE FORECAST IS SHOWING THAT
THINGS ARE LOOKING BAD.
BUT PEOPLE ARE USED TO
HURRICANES AS WELL.
SOME ARE STAYING, SOME ARE
LEAVING.
I’LL JUST A MIX.
>> WE PRAY THAT THEY’RE SAFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> OUR COVERAGE OF HURRICANE
IDA CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND
INTO THE WEEKEND.
ROBERT ARNOLD IS ALSO HEADING
INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA RIGHT
NOW.
HIS FIRST REPORT WILL BE TONIGHT