All Plaquemines and southern Jefferson wet; 2.5 inches of rain per hour; expecting at least 20 ft storm surge; can't believe people still there; strong squalls moving through area; storm moving nnw; "strom will not miss us this time;" 15-20 inches of rain expected; pumps will be under water and useless; "we're talking about weeks not days for us to see water in town;" "we've run out of luck."
And all those people still stuck on the roads in their vehicles.
With the waves well ahead of the storm, the flooding could occur long before the eye of the storm even makes landfall.