categories, sometimes they are wind-events, this was, sometimes they are water-events right now luis valbuenar this remains both, winds are still very dangerous. as a cat 3, and water is very dangerous, so far from what you are hearing, what about the flood system? 18 billion dollar flood system. do you think it is working as anticipated? >> large parts of it all around new orleans, in the parish where new federal levees don't have vegetation on them yet, they are eaten away with the storm surge there is potential for those levee to give way with just raw dirt. several of those reaches of those levees are under construction now. they needed a couple more years to get pom -- complete, there is still a potential, i understand, part of highway 23 is underwater. and that is the stretch south of new orleans, that is protected by the levees there. trace: i wonder what you hear, sir. this thing came ashore, and what do you hear from grand isle, houma? are you hearing stories of people needing rescue? is the physical damage is it catastrophic there? what are you hearing from the people down there. th