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Tulane student riding out first hurricane in New Orleans

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    How are residents coping with Isaac?

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Our next guest is also staying put it's his first hurricane Colin Chanel as a student -- to lane university in New Orleans he joins us live over the phone.

Column we have sort of a personal connection I used to coach you here in New York.

In Little League Baseball a decade or two ago I'm not sure how long ago was.

Now you're there your folks dropped the offer your first semester of two lane and all of a sudden you got a hurricane Harry Hamlin -- Educate -- on them handle it and I'm a bit at the moment but I'm I'm surviving.

-- -- you're surviving you're supposed to be in class by now.

Yes we were inspect goods being class but -- classes.

Are -- conduct -- then the moment.

And what they I guess ID you you don't get to sleeping -- dorm room was because there's glass and they don't want the glass and floating -- -- on the students so what are you Dylan.

At around 3 o'clock in the morning we were on the army has -- -- all -- off with a nice concrete floor but might but but there.

Nice way to start your college career -- They're big they're there.

Well at least this one is no Katrina I mean there must be folks around who told you what happened to two lane when Katrina came roaring through seven years ago.

Editor's desk where -- sentiment -- that a moment calm everyone was concerned because.

It is in fact he the anniversary is certainly Amber's -- -- Everyone is you know taking more cautionary measures proposed something like that happening yet and he's in the universe he did it I think excellent job.

And knowing that.

Is it scary I mean I'm I'm assuming it's your first hurricane.

Yeah but it's -- don't have never experienced a lot of these winds are pretty brutal but never seen treat that like -- the -- Well we hope that.

This Isaak you know blows over and gets out of there so you can get on with your college -- career at Tulane.

Colin Chanel Colin thanks for talking with us.

Thank you are really appreciate you had a -- -- on --