AND NOW BRACING FOR BARRY, THE COASTAL FLOODING HAS ALREADY STARTED THERE AS THE TROPICAL
STORM PUSHES BIG WAVES ON TO
SHORE.
>>> KRISTI AND CALVIN, FIRST
I’LL ADDRESS THE RAIN.
WE’RE IN NEW ORLEANS.
WE’RE OUTSIDE OF LAKESHORE
DRIVE WHERE AUTHORITIES HAVE
CLOSED THE ROAD SO NO CARS CAN
GET IN.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE A FEW
HOURS AGO, THE WATER, THE
WAVES WERE KIND OF CRASHING UP
ALONG THE SIDEWALK.
JUST OVER THE SIDEWALK, THERE
ARE SOME STEPS.
NORMALLY, PEOPLE CAN SIT ON
THOSE STEPS AND LOOK OUT ON TO
THE WATER, LOOK OUT ON THE
BOATS.
YOU CANNOT EVEN SEE THOSE
STEPS AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
THE CONDITIONS ARE PICKING UP
QUITE A BIT.
THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE COMING
AND GOING.
NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS PUT OUT
A STATEMENT SAYING THAT
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE
BY 8:00 TONIGHT.
THEY WANT EVERYBODY AT HOME
TAKING SHELTER BY 8:00 P.M.
>>> WE REALLY HAVE TO BE
PREPARED FOR A VERY MAJOR RAIN
EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF
LOUISIANA.
>>> TROPICAL STORM BARRY
CHURNING IN THE GULF.
RESIDENTS IN LOUISIANA TAKING
NO CHANCES.
AN EMPTY SIDE OF THE LAKE
RISING AN ADDITIONAL TWO FEET,
MOVING INLAND.
KEEPING RESIDENTS AT BAY
SEEKING SHELTER AT HOME.
>>> THE RAIN BANDS ARE GONNA
BE WIDE.
THIS IS GONNA IMPACT A HUGE
SWATH OF OUR STATE.
>> Nicole: THOUSANDS NOW
KEEPING BUSY TRYING TO PROTECT
THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEIR
BOATS BEFORE BARRY ARRIVES.
PARTS OF NEW ORLEANS ALREADY
SLAMMED WITH RESIDENTS
RECOVERING FROM FLOOD WATERS
INUNDATING THE CITY ON
WEDNESDAY.
FOR NOW, THE MAYOR TELLING
RESIDENTS TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
>>> WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE A DUPLICATE OF KATRINA.
WE JUST GOT NEW VIDEO IN ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS.
YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES THERE
ALREADY MAKING IT ON TO THE
ROADWAY.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE SAW THERE
EARLIER THIS MORNING, IT’S
PRETTY EMPTY.
A FEW CARS GOING BY.
YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES CRASHING
UP ALONG THE SIDEWALK.
AS I MENTIONED, THE STEPS THAT
ARE NORMALLY THERE, THE PEOPLE
THAT CAN NORMALLY SIT HERE.
IT REALLY IS NOT POSSIBLE.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE SAW HERE A
FEW MINUTES AGO, THEY ALL
LEFT.
THE RAIN IS STARTING TO COME
DOWN.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHELTER IN
PLACE BY 8:00.
THE WATER ALREADY COMING UP TO
OUR FEET AND MAKING ITS WAY
DOWN THE SIDEWALK.
A LOT OF THIS AREA IS CLOSED.
THE RESTAURANT HERE CLOSED
ALREADY.
WE DID SPEAK TO A DAD AND A
DAUGHTER.
HE BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER OUT
HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND I
ASKED HIM WHY WOULD YOU BRING
HER OUT HERE.
HIS ANSWER, THAT’S GONNA
SURPRISE YOU.
THAT’S COMING UP AT 6:00.
FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE IN NEW
ORLEANS, I’M NICOLE PEREZ,
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Calvin: NICOLE, WE’RE
WATCHING THOSE WAVES RIGHT
BEHIND YOU CRASH ON TO SHORE
THERE.
HAS IT GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY
WORSE BEHIND YOU.
>>> IT HAS, CALVIN.
SO WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE, I WANT
TO SAY SINCE ABOUT 1:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. THE WAVES WERE A LITTLE
CHOPPY, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS.
THE WAVES WERE NOT EVEN
REACHING THE SIDEWALK.
THERE’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE STEP
INSIDE.
THERE’S THESE STEPS AND
THERE’S A BARRICADE WHERE YOU
CAN STAND ON.
THAT’S PRETTY MUCH ALMOST
COVERED UP.
THIS IS THE WORST WE’VE SEEN.
AND TO BE HONEST, FOR OUR LIVE
SHOT COMING UP AT 6:00, I
THINK IT’S GONNA GET EVEN
WORSE AND THE WATER WASN’T
EVEN REACHING THIS PART OF THE
SIDEWALK.
THERE’S A DRAIN OVER THERE.
HE’S GONNA SHOW YOU.
THAT DRAIN WAS HELPING THE
WATER NOT FLOOD SO MUCH.
BUT IT’S STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE, AS THE DAY GOES ON, THE
RAIN IS COMING DOWN AND THE
FLOODING IS GETTING
PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.