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>>> WELL, AS YOU WATCH YOUR
"LOCAL ON THE 8s," THE GULF
COAST BEGINS ITS RECOVERY.
PROCESS FOR WHAT WAS ONCE
HURRICANE ISAAC.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SIFTING THROUGH
FLOOD LOGGED BELONGINGS WHILE
OTHERS ARE WAITING FOR THE WATER
TO GO DOWN.
GABE IS LIVE.
GABE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I THINK SOME OF US ARE
WONDERING, SOME OF THE PEOPLE
AFFECTED BY ISAAC, WERE SOME OF
THEM AFFECTED BY HURRICANE
KATRINA AS WELL?
>> Reporter: HI, THERE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY IN NEW ORLEANS
WHERE POWER CREWS ARE WORKING TO
RESTORE POWER.
WE HAVE WORD TONIGHT THAT ST.
TAMMANY OFFICIALS ARE EVACUATING
1200 HOMES BECAUSE OF CONCERN
THAT IS A BOAT LOCK ON A RIVER
COULD FAIL.
AGAIN, ALL THIS AS CREWS RUSH TO
RESTORE POWER TO THE GULF COAST.
IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA, THE
WATERS ARE RECEDING BUT SO IS
THE PATIENCE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
SEEN TRUCKS
IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF LINE
CREWS ARE ON THE MOVE AS THE
GULF COAST STRUGGLES TO RECOVER
FROM ISAAC.
IT KNOCKED OUT POWER TO MORE
THAN A MILLION CUSTOMERS IN
LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND
ARKANSAS.
TONIGHT ALMOST
400,000 ARE STILL
IN THE DAR
K.
THE VAST
MAJORITY IN LOUISIANA.
BETH WAS DESPERATE FOR SHADE
AFTER LOSING POWER FOUR DAYS
AGO.
>> IT'S 95 DEGREES INSIDE MY
HOUSE SO WE ARE REALLY NOT
SLEEPING, NOT EATING A LOT.
>> Reporter: THIS FAMILY OWNED
GROCERY STORE GOT POWER THIS
AFTERNOON.
HOW MUCH INVENTORY DO YOU THINK
YOU LOST?
>> BETWEEN 500,000 AND $700,000.
>> Reporter: THEY THREW SO MUCH
AWAY.
>> WE DIDN'T SEE TRUCKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PHANTOM
ELECTRICIANS WERE BUT THEY
WEREN'T OUT HERE TRYING TO GET
THE PEOPLE BACK UP.
>> Reporter: FRUSTRATION IS SO
HIGH, THE PRESIDENT OF JEFFERSON
PARISH IS CALLING FOR A STATE
INVESTIGATION.
>> I WOULDN'T BE AS UPSET AND
INFURIATED IF THEY WERE OUT
DOING THE WORK.
THEY ARE NOT ON THE STREETS.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY CREWS FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE WORKING
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
>> THIS WAS A SLOW-MOVING
CATEGORY 1 STORM THAT SAT OVER
THE CITY FOR TWO DAYS.
THIS WAS MORE OF A WIND EVENT.
>> Reporter: IN PLAQUEMINES
PARISH, POWER OR LACK OF IT,
SOME CAN'T SEE THEIR HOMES.
OTHERS ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT
THEY SALVAGED.
>> I SAVED EVERYTHING ON MY
SECOND FLOOR AND MY LITTLE BOY'S
TURTLE.
HIS TORTOISE.
THAT'S ALL HE WANTED OUT.
>> Reporter: THE ELECTRIC
COMPANY EXPECTS 70% OF NEW
ORLEANS TO HAVE POWER.
THEY WILL CHECK TO SEE WHETHER
NEW ORLEANS UPGRADED LEVEE
SYSTEM MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
MORE FLOODING OUTSIDE THE CITY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS,
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
SITUATION IN ST. TAMMANY PARISH,
LOUISIANA, WE WANT TO GET TO
SUZANNE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SAY YOUR
NAME, SORRY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE
PHONE.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS GOING ON
FOR A CERTAIN PART OF THE
PARISH.
>> Caller: THAT IS CORRECT.
WE ASKED EVERYONE SOUTH OF LOCK
NUMBER TWO IN THE AREA OF BUSH,
FROM BUSH SOUTH TO THE AREA OF
HICKORY EAST OF HIGHWAY 41 BY
THE RIVER DIVERSION NAR CANAL.
>> THE PRORIVER ITSELF, IS THAT
WHAT IS IN DANGER AS FAR AS
FLOODING PEOPLE'S HOMES?
>> Caller: AT THIS POINT, IT'S
THE DIVERSION NAR CANAL THAT
RUNS ALONGSIDE THE RIVER.
THE CANAL IS FED BY A RIVER
EIGHT FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
THERE'S A MANDATORY EVACUATION
BETWEEN THE TWO LOCKS.
WE HAVE A WATCH ON THE PEARL
RIVER AND THE WEST PEARL AT THIS
TIME.
>> ARE FOLKS, ARE THEY LISTENING
AND EVACUATING?
>> Caller: YES, THEY ARE.
THEY ARE EVACUATING AND WE HAVE
ENGINEERS WHO ARE, AT THIS TIME,
OPENING SOME VALVES AND TRYING
TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE ON THAT
LOCK.
>> SUZANNE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S
A REVERSE 911 CALL GOING OUT TO
PEOPLE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> Caller: IF YOU CALL 911, WE
HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION
AUTOMATICALLY OF WHERE YOU ARE
AND WHERE YOU NEED HELP.
WE REVERSE THAT OUT AS IF WE
WERE CALLING YOU BACK ON THAT
SAME EMERGENCY SYSTEM SAYING
PLEASE EVACUATE.
>> SUZANNE, WHERE ARE YOU TAKING
THESE PEOPLE?
>> Caller: THEY ARE GOING TO
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE
TOWN OF PEARL RIVER.
IF YOU WOULD HELP US, THERE ARE
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE TOWN
OF PEARL RIVER AND SOUTH WHO
BELIEVE THEY ARE WITHIN THE
EVACUATION AREA, THEY ARE NOT.
IT IS ONLY FROM HICKORY NORTH TO
BUSH.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET THAT
WORD OUT AS WELL.
SUZANNE, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WHEN YOU SAY IT'S IMMINENT, IS
IT FAILING AT THIS MOMENT?
IT'S ACTUALLY FAILED?
>> Caller: IT HAS NOT FAILED.
IT IS IN DANGER OF FAILING AT
ANY MOMENT.
>> OKAY.
>> Caller: WE HAVE GOTTEN
PERMISSION FROM THE ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS TO OPEN VALVES AND
OUR ENGINEERS ARE WORKING HARD
TO PREVENT THAT.
>> OKAY.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE REVERSE 911
CALL, NO TIME TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR
AND ALERT THE RESIDENTS.
>> Caller: NO, THERE'S NOT.