All watches and warnings for Marco have been dropped, as the National Hurricane Center no longer predicts it to bring any tropical storm conditions to Louisiana.
Gov. John Bel Edwards says it may have caused a lot of worry among coastal residents for nothing, but he'll take it over the alternative.
"I'm happy to be talking about Marco having weakened and a big part of the storm being severed off and went into the panhandle and so that we can focus on (Tropical Storm) Laura and not have to worry about two storms back-to-back with about 12 to 18 hours between'em when we can go out and rescue people and restore electricity and all of those sorts of things," the governor told WWL's Newell Normand.
"I'm relieved, quite frankly. The meteorologist didn't anticipate that at all," said Edwards. "I'm thankful and you know, I attribute it to prayer. If there's no scientific explanation, I'm still satisfied with the power of prayer."
With Marco no longer a concern, Edwards says the attention of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) is now on Tropical Storm Laura.
"The National Guard has more then 2000 National Guardsmen ready to provide support," said Edwards. "They have staged 94 high water vehicles across south Louisiana, also, 55 boats and I think an even dozen aircraft."