Prepping for Barry: ‘We picked up everything so it wouldn’t get broken’ – WDSU New Orleans

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STARTED TO PICK UP. THE RAIN HAS GONE AWAY. SOME OF THE WATER HAS STARTED TO RECEDE. WE ARE HERE WITH CADEN. ARE YOU GOING TO STAY? >> YES. TAMMY: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PREPARE? >> PICKED UP EVERYTHING SO THAT IT WOULD NOT GET BROKEN. TAMMY: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE WATER IN THE STREET? ARE YOU USED TO THIS? >> YES, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED BEFORE. TAMM WHERE DO YOU HAVE YOUR VEHICLES? >> WE HAVE CAR, MY GRANDPA PUT IT AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE. TAMMY: STAY SAFE OUT HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANKS FOR TALKING TO US. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2010? HE’S USED TO SEEING STORMS, BUT HERE, THERE IS VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IN PLACE. LOOKING AT MY CELL PHONE, 6:00 THE FLOODGATE SHUTTING THE GATE SHOULD BE SHUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AREA IN ORDER TO GET OUT. EMERGENCY SERVICES, IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR THEM TO GET OUT. WE TOLD YOU EARLIER FROM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OFF, YOU CAN SEE A LOT HAS RECEDED. EARLIER, WHEN WE FIRST GOT DOWN HERE AROUND 2:00, THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 90. THAT WATER HAS RECEDED. WE HAVE NOT SEEN MORE WATER ON THE ROADWAY. A LO OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING CARS AND BELONGINGS FROM THIS AREA. A LOT OF CARS ARE ON HIGHWAY 90. A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING SURE THEIR BELONGINGS, CARS, AND TRUCKS DO NOT GET FLOODED OUT. WE SAW A RESIDENTS LEAVING WITH RVS. THEY HAVE R BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO THIS, THE WATER GETTING HIGH AND COMING OVER TO THE STREET SIDE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND FLOODING THE STREETS SO THAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE RVS TO GET OUT OF TOWN. A LOT OF THEM HEEDING THE EVACUATION WARNING AND GETTING OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET ARE EXPECTING THE WATER TO GET HIGH AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. A LOT OF THEM SAY THAT’S WHEN THEY WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO STAY OR LEAVE. LIVE IN VENE