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Tens of thousands remain without power days after Isaac

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    Casey Stegall reports from Belle Chasse, Louisiana

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Chart delegate to the flooding in the southeast after Isaac neighborhood still under -- one week later.

Patience wearing it ever so thin in the Louisiana.

It's all completely gone and -- and I -- save much of anything.

It's just.

It's -- I -- it on TV and hear about it that never witnessed it myself and to see it you know really for the first time like this -- inspire any kind of -- your -- -- a little bit his.

Out here now and then and we try to get our lives back together and try to get.

Places.

What we -- live and.

The storm that rolled in August continues in the September Casey Stegall.

In Belle chase Louisiana outside the New Orleans how is it there Casey.

We'll build -- right now -- have been the center this is one of five that are set up in the region and the doors opened here.

At the top of the hour and we got here there was a long line of people sitting on the steps back there.

Waiting to go when they've now been put inside and we've seen a steady stream of cars coming through here.

This is a really busy senator because it is the end -- -- terrorists.

Just that way across the river.

-- weights and look at the pictures again now we've seen them over and over that community inundated with water -- neighborhoods.

And lately under water up to second story windows so a lot of folks from this community are coming to these -- centers where they can grab a hot meal.

They can apply for assistance.

They can get things like temporary housing in hotels.

Because that's.

Can see a lot of their homes uninhabitable.

At this point nearly 65000.

People from all across the region.

Have registered with -- in the bill.

What about oil production and impact on that because of the storm affecting gas prices yes or no.

Yeah of course you know the -- always takes a hit any time a hurricane comes and really any kind of a tropical disturbance -- and the latest numbers that we have for you.

58%.

Of the total gulf oil production is still offline as of today a week after the storm hit.

Obviously a lot of the rigs and the platforms out there.

Had to be evacuated because of dangerous conditions for the crews some of them likely sustained damage.

Nine refineries we can tell you are not are now operating at reduced capacity.

One of them right here in Belle chase operated by Phillips 66 it remains closed because it has no power -- out.

Casey thank you talked a bit later this week and -- Steagall.

There in Louisiana Martha -- vice president.

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