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Isaac Continues Slow March North

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    FBN’s Jeff Flock with the latest report on the impact of Tropical Storm Isaac.

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-- minute but the other of course is the storm and hurricane Isaak ripped through New Orleans yesterday there were 800000 plus people left without power there.

It was the seventh anniversary of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina itself the memories for many people in that area there are still.

Well fresh I'm sure their minds and I'm Jeff Flock at what was their four.

And -- there for Katrina he was there yesterday for Isaac and he's back with this.

I yet again today and up -- I finally you -- stand up and look at this in the wings appears to die down at least a little bit.

You know the great thing about those squalls come through is that when you get a squall at this point of storm with the fingers again just being here.

Pieces of the storm but -- left -- after the squall is done to get some nice breeze to -- -- dry you all out so that's a positive.

Indeed Katrina and -- sixth two different storms but in some ways Isaak.

-- more of a -- and Katrina in terms of the rainfall amounts and bringing.

Water to areas that didn't get.

Water in.

Katrina and now this is an area this community right here is an area that did get a lot of flooding from Katrina this is the floodwall that you see that has been built.

-- at the cost of about fourteen and a half billion dollars this.

Flood wall system and it's the entire system the cost fourteen billion dollars.

Protects a lot of communities if you look out to the left though and I think -- Lance is able to a pan out there.

You -- pitch black those communities out there are all in darkness and -- you know you're talking net a lot of obvious at this morning about the Republican Convention tonight.

And I do believe view that there is a Republican convention going all -- tell you if you -- in New Orleans.

Or anywhere where.

This storm has been hitting you didn't see -- Romney didn't see Chris Christie didn't see Paul Ryan and chances are you may not -- Mitt Romney tonight.

Because you have bigger fish to fry at the moment and -- worth noting that a significant chunk of the world is.

You know got their radios on at their listening to.

Storm coverage but they're not listen to the convention.

But you know it's it's not an insignificant job but it's small -- -- -- a country but.

A piece nonetheless we will watch just today I give you more a look at this flood wall see what your tax dollars to -- for that is -- if you remember the name now.

Out that way as the punch -- train there which.

Is it inland sea if -- and you'll see what that looks like just as soon as.

The lord cooperates abraxis.

If that's again and I Jeff thank you my friend as always Jeff Flock I want.

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