(ON CAM) (AUBREY) TONIGHT IT IS ALREADY RAINING IN NEW ORLEANS. GUSTAV IS ALREADY MAKING ITS PRESENCE KNOWN. NEARLY EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE HAS LEFT THE CITY... INCLUDING STORM TRACKER 4 REPORTER LEILA WALSH - (DOUBLE BOX) SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...SHE'S NOW MOVED WEST...AND IS LIVE FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA.. LEILA HOW WAS THE DRIVE OUT THERE. (LIVE) WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE...IT SEEMS MOST PEOPLE LEFT N.O. EARLY...THE MAYOR ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER, SAYING THE STORM COULD BE JUST AS DEVESTATING AS KATRINA. THE QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING..IS WHETHER WE FOUND ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO STAY IN N.O...SO, WE WENT LOOKING AND FOUND ONE MAN WHO IS IGNORING ALL THE WARNINGS. PKG (PKG SOT FULL) ON ST. CHARLES MOST PEOPLE SHOW UP LOOKING FOR EMERIL'S RESTAURANT. BUT WE WANTED TO TALK TO THE GUY WHO OWNS THE PLACE NEXT DOOR. READ HIS SIGN AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY. BOB RUE PUT IT UP BECAUSE HE SAYS A SIGN LIKE THIS KEPT LOOTERS AWAY AFTER KATRINA. (SOT FULL) They were looting the Wendy's and the Popeye's, you know, they didn't loot me. Because I was sitting here. (----------------) TONIGHT NEARLY EVERYONE ELSE IN NEW ORLEANS SAYS GUSTAV IS NOTHING TO JOKE AT. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS ENOUGH TO GET PEOPLE TO PACK THEIR BAGS AND HEAD OUT OF TOWN. NOT BOB RUE. (SOT FULL) I'm going to have a couple glasses of wine and go to sleep and try to sleep through the storm. (--------------) WITH THE REST OF THE STORY SHUT DOWN.. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ON PATROL .. I ASKED BOB IS HE AT ALL WORRIED ABOUT THIS STORM? IT TURNS OUT HE IS. (SOT FULL) The whole damn town is going to wash away. Leila: Yet you've decided to stay? Bob: This will be my 40th storm. (------------------) DESPITE THE SIGN.. HE SAYS HE'LL RIDE THIS ONE OUT FROM HOME. AS SOON AS IT IS OVER HE SAYS IT'S BACK TO CLOWNING AROUND AND PROTECTING HIS SHOP. (LIVE ENG ON CAM) BOB IS A BIT OF CHARACTER..YOU CAN TELL HE LIKES TO JOKE AROUND. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS TAKING GUSTAV VERY SERIOUSLY...AND ANYONE CAUGHT WALKING THE STREETS WILL BE TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. ADLIB CURRENT CONDITONS.... (DOUBLE BOX) (AUBREY) Q. YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO COVER GUSTAV ....WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS...ARE YOU ALL SAFE THERE IN LAFAYETTE - OUT OF HARMS WAY? (LIVE ENG ON CAM) ADLIB ANSWER.

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