we are at the venice marina. people were told to leave the community by 6 o'clock last night. as we were coming in, we noticed most did leave. there were a few cars on the road. at the marina a few boaters said they are going to wait it out. this is a coastal community. these people are used to storms. they dealt with katrina and isaac. even though now we are talking about a tropical storm, people say they are not taking chances. there are shelters set up here in parts of louisiana, but if you go into new orleans, you will see that things are pretty much normal. the university football game is continuing. a lot of arts and craft festivals are continuing. here in pakenham parish at grand isle, they could see the brunt of the storm. >> talking about the storm - is it changing plans at all? >> there's a conference calls going on between the mayors of the communities, emergency management and representatives from the weather services. they are on the phone talking about a game plan. they thought they'd be hunkered down getting ready for the storm. a lot of them got to go home, and

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