FOR US. SHERMAN: WE HAVE BEEN IN SAINT CHARLES PARISH GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT THE AREA HAS BEEN DEALING WITH. THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. WE SAW TWO TO THREE MILES OF BASKETS. NOW WE ARE IN THE ST. CHARLES PARISH EVACUATION AREA, THE SHELTER, WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN SHELTER HERE. WE ARE SPEAKING WITH DUANE, HE IS WITH PARKS AND REC AND OVER THE SHELTER. >> WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. REMINDING THEM TO BRING A FELLOW, BLANKETS. WE HAVE ALL OF THE AMENITIES YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. IT IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE THAT FEEL THREATENED BY HIGH WATER OR WIND. SHERMAN: A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING AND STATE-OF-THE-ART. IT LOOKS COMFORTABLE. TALK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE. >> WE HAVE 30. AUGUST WILL MAKE SIX YEARS. DURING THE DESIGN PHASE, THEY WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS. THIS IS ONE WAY WE ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY. 14,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHELTERING SPACE, PET-FRIENDLY SHELTERING WE HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL REGISTERING PETS. WE ARE URGING OUR RESIDENTS IF THEY NEED A SAFE HAVEN TO PLEASE COME. WE WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU. SHERMAN: WHAT DO THE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE SAY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? >> I WILL SAY THIS. WE ARE GOOD AT IT BECAUSE WE PRACTICE. PRESIDENT COCHRAN HAS ORDERED EEOC TO GO THROUGH THESE DRILLS. WE USE VOLUNTEERS. THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF THE PRACTICE. WE HAVE PROVEN IT DURING THIS EVENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH PRESIDENT AND OUR EEOC DIRECTOR MAKING ASTUTE THE RIGHT THING AND GETTING BETTER THROUGH PRACTICE. SHERMAN: WELL SAID. WE SPOKE TO SOME RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE NOT EVACUATED YET. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE WHO WANT TO WAITED OUT? >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME HERE. IT IS A SAFE PLACE. WE WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU. THIS IS SAINT CHARLES PARISH. WE ARE COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR EACH OTHER. PRESIDENT COCHRAN ALWAYS FOCUSES ON HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A WAY WE ARE DOING THAT. SHERMAN: IN A LITTLE BIT, WE WILL SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAINT CHARLES PARISH WHO HAD A SON WITH SPEC