00:00You can call me disheveled because this storm is sloppy.
00:03It's a wet mess, and it's been one of those long days here in Louisiana.
00:06It was bright and sunny just a few minutes ago in Lafayette,
00:09and obviously we've got that rain from Arthur moving in from the south.
00:13Skies turned dark, and we've got rain moving in right now to Lafayette
00:16with more of that coming in.
00:18The impacts really haven't been all that bad here in Louisiana so far today.
00:24Most of the rain off over the Gulf,
00:27and the gusty winds right down by the coastline.
00:31540 mile an hour gusts earlier today.
00:33Take a look at the video we sent in earlier from the Holly Beach area.
00:37You can see angry-looking skies with the heavy rain falling down over the Gulf
00:43and a rough surf, some rip current concerns down there,
00:46but these are pretty rural remote areas.
00:49So the locals who live down there, and there's not many of them,
00:52a lot of them are shrimpers, crabbers.
00:53They work in the oil, gas, energy industry,
00:56and they know that these storms can mean business,
00:59and they know to stay out of the water.
01:00So we didn't see anybody getting near the water in coastal Louisiana.
01:04That's a good thing today,
01:05but there were some red flags and rip currents out.
01:07And another piece of video that we have was near the Cameron area.
01:13Around high tide when that was coming in,
01:15obviously when you have repeated rounds of rain over several days,
01:19you're going to see things like this with a storm like Arthur pushing in some water toward the coast,
01:23some coastal flooding, trucks splashing around.
01:25But again, that's to be expected when you have a tropical storm in Louisiana.
01:30Now, we did spoke with a local guy named Tab.
01:33He lives down in the area.
01:35He tells us he is grateful that so far with this storm,
01:38at least where he lives in the Cameron area,
01:40the impacts have been manageable, not all that bad.
01:43He says he and his neighbors take every hurricane season seriously because he and his friends,
01:48they are still recovering from the supercharged 2020 hurricane season that destroyed his home.
01:562020 was hard.
01:57I think that's the time we got hit with two hurricanes six weeks apart,
02:00and it devastated us.
02:03But, you know, it's a great community.
02:05I mean, people came together, and they brought in supplies and food,
02:09and everybody got through it.
02:11And it was a testament to the people down here, the good, good people down here.
02:16Yes, sir.
02:17Are you thinking you guys are going to be lucky this is all you're going to have to do with
02:20this year?
02:20I hope, man.
02:21I can tell you, we do a lot of praying.
02:23Yes, sir.
02:24Yep.
02:25So, Tab says he's just grateful for his neighbors.
02:27He loves life down along the Gulf Coast.
02:29But this is just part of it during hurricane season.
02:32It's something you've got to be aware of and live with.
02:34He lives in an RV, just steps away from the Gulf Coast line.
02:39And his trailer was tossed around and ripped apart during the 2020 hurricane season.
02:45So, he lost his home.
02:47He's now in another RV.
02:49He says, Jeff, he loves life along the Gulf Coast.
02:52He's got his fingers crossed, hoping that this will not be a rough hurricane season for him and his neighbors
02:58in the Cameron, Louisiana area.
03:00But, again, it's June.
03:01We're talking about Tropical Storm Arthur, the first storm of the season.
03:06He says he's prepared.
03:07He's ready for the season.
03:08He's hoping this is going to be it for him.
03:10But we've got a long way to go when it comes to hurricane season in the Gulf Coast.
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