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Isidore Hits Southern States
Aired September 26, 2002 - 11:16 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: As we have been showing you all this morning, Isidore is sloshing and soaking the southeast right now. It made landfall near New Orleans early this morning and just deluged the area. If you have been watching this channel this morning, you have probably seen some of the great pictures that we have had here.
The storm is continuing its trek now, dumping heavy rains in Mississippi and even bringing rain to Ohio and West Virginia -- a big storm that's taking up a lot of area.
Let's look and see what happened when it first hit. Our Jeff Flock is standing by outside of New Orleans. He is between New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana.
And it looks like, Jeff, you have been getting wetter and wetter by the hour. It looks like the winds are actually picking up and it's getting worse there. What's the story?
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, we're getting the back side here. And I'll tell you, I really didn't this it was going to be much, but you know, this has been a weird storm all along.
And you know, we were -- the last time we talked to you the last hour, up, you know, on the bridge there -- and at this point, it's very difficult to get up there. I don't know if you're able to see, you know, the debris that has washed across here. And this is a real -- you know, this is a real wash right now.
We just had the New Orleans police come through and say, there is no way to get through on the other side. And even the big rigs that were trying to get through on the other side have now turned around, because obviously, if you're sitting up higher, you've got more of a potential to get through.
But take a look. I am standing right out in the middle of Route 11, and, say, if you're able to look down, maybe you can see, there is the road markings, but this is just washing over. And what it is, it's Lake Pontchartrain. This is the -- you know, this is the surge from Lake Pontchartrain. The water is being driven by the wind up here and driving it right on through, and there is no place right now for it to drain. It just drains out a fairly narrow channel -- two of them. And at the moment, it's really not feasible.
You know, I see a couple of folks over here. Let me see if I can just run over real quick and get to them. These are folks that were trying to get through. And this one man, he just had a piece of furniture he fished out of the water. Is that -- did you just fish a piece of your own piece of furniture out of the water there?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It could be mine. I've got a camper on the north shore.
FLOCK: I'll tell you, stand by with me one second, because I want us to be able to be seen. Oh, you lost your hat. The man lost his hat. Grace (ph) is going to get it for him.
Have you -- you say you've got some family in there?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we do.
FLOCK: What do you think?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know that we'll be able to get to them. It's not looking too good.
FLOCK: How about yourself, sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir.
FLOCK: How about yourself? Where about are you living?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a camp on the north shore in North Shore Beach. And my neighbor told me I've got about a foot of water in the inside, and we're trying to get over there to salvage what we could. But the road back there is flooded and we can't get back there.
FLOCK: I was going to say. Do you have any way to get back in there? Not really, right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, not right now. We're just going to have to wait until the wind dies down, the tide goes out, and then go in there and do what we can.
FLOCK: You didn't expect it to be this, did you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, we sure didn't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not at all.
FLOCK: We'll let you get you get back to it. Appreciate the time -- thank you, folks.
We sort of thought the worst was passed, but as perhaps you can see, not quite passed.
There are some folks that you see down there, who have been trying to get out. Well, they are not going to be able to get out, particularly if they've got a car like the one the lady does, the white car that she is in. She is realizing, obviously, right now it's isn't going to happen for her.
This guy with a pickup, if you time it right on the waves, maybe you can make it through.
That's it, Leon. That's it from here for the moment.
HARRIS: All right.
FLOCK: We'll keep watching, of course.
HARRIS: All right, keep watching and stay dry if you can. Be careful out there. We'll check back with you later on.
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Aired September 26, 2002 - 11:16 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: As we have been showing you all this morning, Isidore is sloshing and soaking the southeast right now. It made landfall near New Orleans early this morning and just deluged the area. If you have been watching this channel this morning, you have probably seen some of the great pictures that we have had here.
The storm is continuing its trek now, dumping heavy rains in Mississippi and even bringing rain to Ohio and West Virginia -- a big storm that's taking up a lot of area.
Let's look and see what happened when it first hit. Our Jeff Flock is standing by outside of New Orleans. He is between New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana.
And it looks like, Jeff, you have been getting wetter and wetter by the hour. It looks like the winds are actually picking up and it's getting worse there. What's the story?
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, we're getting the back side here. And I'll tell you, I really didn't this it was going to be much, but you know, this has been a weird storm all along.
And you know, we were -- the last time we talked to you the last hour, up, you know, on the bridge there -- and at this point, it's very difficult to get up there. I don't know if you're able to see, you know, the debris that has washed across here. And this is a real -- you know, this is a real wash right now.
We just had the New Orleans police come through and say, there is no way to get through on the other side. And even the big rigs that were trying to get through on the other side have now turned around, because obviously, if you're sitting up higher, you've got more of a potential to get through.
But take a look. I am standing right out in the middle of Route 11, and, say, if you're able to look down, maybe you can see, there is the road markings, but this is just washing over. And what it is, it's Lake Pontchartrain. This is the -- you know, this is the surge from Lake Pontchartrain. The water is being driven by the wind up here and driving it right on through, and there is no place right now for it to drain. It just drains out a fairly narrow channel -- two of them. And at the moment, it's really not feasible.
You know, I see a couple of folks over here. Let me see if I can just run over real quick and get to them. These are folks that were trying to get through. And this one man, he just had a piece of furniture he fished out of the water. Is that -- did you just fish a piece of your own piece of furniture out of the water there?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It could be mine. I've got a camper on the north shore.
FLOCK: I'll tell you, stand by with me one second, because I want us to be able to be seen. Oh, you lost your hat. The man lost his hat. Grace (ph) is going to get it for him.
Have you -- you say you've got some family in there?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we do.
FLOCK: What do you think?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know that we'll be able to get to them. It's not looking too good.
FLOCK: How about yourself, sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir.
FLOCK: How about yourself? Where about are you living?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a camp on the north shore in North Shore Beach. And my neighbor told me I've got about a foot of water in the inside, and we're trying to get over there to salvage what we could. But the road back there is flooded and we can't get back there.
FLOCK: I was going to say. Do you have any way to get back in there? Not really, right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, not right now. We're just going to have to wait until the wind dies down, the tide goes out, and then go in there and do what we can.
FLOCK: You didn't expect it to be this, did you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, we sure didn't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not at all.
FLOCK: We'll let you get you get back to it. Appreciate the time -- thank you, folks.
We sort of thought the worst was passed, but as perhaps you can see, not quite passed.
There are some folks that you see down there, who have been trying to get out. Well, they are not going to be able to get out, particularly if they've got a car like the one the lady does, the white car that she is in. She is realizing, obviously, right now it's isn't going to happen for her.
This guy with a pickup, if you time it right on the waves, maybe you can make it through.
That's it, Leon. That's it from here for the moment.
HARRIS: All right.
FLOCK: We'll keep watching, of course.
HARRIS: All right, keep watching and stay dry if you can. Be careful out there. We'll check back with you later on.
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