On day 2, the actual day Isaac made landfall we went to the Lower 9th Ward to interview some of the residents and checked out some areas that were forever changed by Katrina. Large feeder bands were passing over intermittently but nothing too heavy until about 3 o'clock. One thing I really wanted to capture was the surge up the river. When Hurricane Gustav came thru a few years ago it was an amazing site with 4 foot white caps flowing north on the Mississippi River. We went to the levee but the river had not really risen yet and I really thought, oh well, won't get that chance again.....When the next band came thru we headed to the Quarter to eat at the last restaurant or food establishment open anywhere, Pierre Maspero's across from the Napoleon House.....had a good lunch then proceeded out towards Metairie so Michael could get a shot he needed. When we were coming back into the city, the guys asked, “Where is this thing??”....at that time we were on the Carrollton Overpass and pointed towards the downtown skyline, I asked them, “Can you see the city?” Everything had turned white from Xavier to downtown....you couldn't even see the Superdome, Isaac had arrived. We went down to the Marriott on Canal and hung out there for a while where the wind and rain was beyond description. Thats where most of the news crews were like CBS were filming for the evening news. Things started to go downhill from there and it was time for me to get home to Alex and the dogs, which I promised I would do when it got bad. On the way home we stopped by the Port of New Orleans where thew Weather Channel was filming in sideways rain, I hopped out-a the car to check the river out and low and behold the surge had arrived, the river must have risen 10 ft at least in less that 2 hrs and was flowing North.....quite a sight to see.....

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