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Watch Out New Orleans! Hurricane Ida!
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- Dec 21, 2007
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Area south of New Orleans got hit much worse. Power is out from Baton Rouge all the way east in to Mississippi and as far north as Jackson. Anticipating weeks to get it back up. My parents and in-laws are without power and I have not been able to speak with them since last night. Fortunately they had communications until the worst was over. Last we chatted things were fine. Roads into New Orleans and Houma were closed last I checked. Three friends had roofs blown off, others have significant damage. Most of the support for the offshore oil and gas industry runs through Port Fourchon, LA. It is completely shut down for who knows how long.
Cell service is hit and miss. Just got an update from my son in Houma. Calls do not go through, but text do.
Talk about getting hit while you're down. I drove I-10 from Houston to Jacksonville just last month, and there were still blue tarp roofs from last year's storms. Hope everyone gets through this OK. Weeks without power in gulf coast heat is going to be miserable.
Yeah, Lake Charles is not a wealthy place and is having a really hard time getting back on it's feet after three storms last year. Some of the commercial buildings you can see from I-10 still have plywood in the windows.
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid
More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi — including all of New Orleans — were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm. Officials warned it could be weeks before the power grid is repaired.
More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi — including all of New Orleans — were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm. Officials warned it could be weeks before the power grid is repaired.
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Close up on how bad New Orleans power outages is. The blue "dot" is where I grew up.
