Scott Engle Reports from Jefferson Parrish Louisiana QuickTime

NEW ORLEANS, August 28, 2005 – At 8:42 PM on Sunday i-dineout.com talked with videographer and reporter Scott Engle who left Harris County on Sunday morning heading to New Orleans to cover the aftermath of Katrina, a category 5 hurricane heading for the Louisiana Coast.

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Scott told us in the interview of bumper to bumper westbound traffic leaving Louisiana, gas stations out of gas, and elevated highways being used to park vehicles, including electrical utility repair vehicles staged in the area waiting for Katrina to make landfall.

Traffic leaving New Orleans on Sunday Afternoon

Although many evacuated there are numerous shelters open in the area including the Super Dome in New Orleans and a Junior High School in Jefferson Parrish.

Everyone is waiting and bracing for daybreak on Monday to see just where this storm is heading and what it will leave in its’ wake.

AT 10 PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH and LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.