WE GO INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. >> WE HAD HOME ARE A LITTLE BIT QUIET WEATHERWISE. JASON ALLEN HAS VENTURED DOWN TO LOUISIANA. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE YESTERDAY RIDING OUT THE STORM WITH VOCALS. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING DOWN THERE AND WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN THE LAST 24 HOURS QUITE >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. LET ME GET YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS. AND IT HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE THAT TOLD US THEY STAYED UP THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TRYING TO KEEP WATER OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THEY HAD SENT BACK, THEY HAD PUMPS AND IT WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH. THE GOOD NEWS HERE, IS YOU SEE THE STREET BEHIND ME, AT LEAST NEARBY, IT IS FAIRLY DRY. ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO I HEARD A SOUND, ALMOST LIKE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU PULL THE DRAIN PLUG AFTER YOU'RE WATCHING -- WASHING DISHES. IT WAS THE LAST GASP OF IT GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS, THE WATER IS DRAINING AWAY. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS, LOOK AT THE TREES BEHIND ME. YOU DO NOT SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE, YOU DO NOT SEE LIMBS DOWN AND YOU WILL SEE SOME LIGHTS ON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE. WHERE THE 300,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR CREWS HERE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NEW ORLEANS PROPER SPIRIT OF THE WORST OF THE WIND DAMAGE. NOT THAT WAY ALONG THE COAST. WE KNOW THAT, BUT NOT HAVING THE DAMAGE HERE WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD SPEEDING UP THE CLEANUP FOR ANY OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. >> JASON, I AM FROM NEW ORLEANS. I WAS SEEING YOUR REPORTS YESTERDAY MORNING. I SAW THAT YOU WERE IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT YESTERDAY. TYPICALLY THE PARTS THAT FLOOD THE MOST ARE THE LAKEFRONT, THE