President Obama declared Louisiana and Mississippi to be emergency zones, in preparation for the storm's fury.
Obama warned residents to listen to evacuation notices, and not to risk staying in the danger areas.
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate, and thousands more have had evacuation suggested.
Waters along the coast could rise as much as twelve feet.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, of New Orleans, pledged that there would not be a repeat event of the likes the city saw when hit by Hurricane Katrina, in 2005.
However, he also warned that some areas of the city would still see flooding, though not noting which.
Billions of dollars have been spent rebuilding, reinforcing, and on constructing new levees and flood walls, around the city.
Alabama and Florida have already seen some flooding from the storm, though they were not directly struck.
At least twenty-four people were killed by Isaac, as the storm swept over Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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