RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS MENTIONED, HURRICANE FRANCINE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA TODAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A CATEGORY TWO STORM AT THAT TIME. REPORTER SHELBY ROSE FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN HOUSTON IS LIVE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA WITH A LOOK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YES, WE'VE ONLY EXPERIENCED A VERY LIGHT RAIN HERE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. WIND IS PICKING UP EVER SO SLIGHTLY, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO STAY THIS WAY. SO FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN IN FULL PREPARATION MODE, SETTING UP SANDBAG STATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY, CLOSING SCHOOLS TODAY AS WELL AS TOMORROW, OPENING UP SHELTERS AND THE MAYOR PRESIDENT EVEN ISSUING A STATE OF EMERGENCY JUST TO GET TOGETHER ALL OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AHEAD OF FRANCINE'S LANDFALL. LATER TODAY. BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO LAFAYETTE. WE'RE SEEING MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS SPECIFICALLY IN CAMERON PARISH, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES. WE HAD A CREW DRIVE THROUGH THERE YESTERDAY DESCRIBING IT AS A GHOST TOWN. THEN, JUST ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE COAST. THERE ARE VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE THERE. BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS SEEN BOARDING UP GETTING LAST MINUTE GAS AND FOOD AHEAD OF THE STORM. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT ALSO WARNING SPECIFIC RESIDENTS HERE ON MONDAY TO GET OUT IF THEY NEED TO. IF YOU ARE LIVING WITHIN A LOW LYING AREA AND OR MOBILE HOMES ASKING YOU TO MAKE PROVISIONS TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND, I WILL SAY THIS IT IS NOT MANDATORY, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR FAMILY'S NEEDS AND IF YOU CAN EVACUATE, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO EVACUATE. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH, WHO SAYS THAT THEY ARE FULLY PREPARED, READY WITH HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLES AND BARRICADES THAT WILL BE SET UP FOR ANY ROADS THAT MAY BE FLOODED OUT. ONCE WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO FRANCINE'S LANDFALL. JUST TO HELP OUT EVERYONE WHO MAY NEED IT. AS WE ALL RIDE OUT THIS STORM, BRANDON AND LAUREN. ALL RIGHT, SHELBY ROUZ IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA FOR US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE CHECKING IN