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it is going to be a challenge. a category four storm, stayed a category four significant time as it moved inland. there s damage to transmission lines and to distribution. the main transmission lines as you pointed out in new orleans are down. it is a complicated situation. we are well sinked up, ensuring whatever support we provide through the restoration we ll do so. the other important part is while power is out, we are working hard to bring in generators with partners at the army core of engineers for critical facilities, hospitals, water treatment plans, so they continue to operate while the restoration effort continues. want to ask about the levees. we know they held in new orleans, that s good news, water did go over the top of some in la place and jefferson parish.
reports of people calling 911 for assistance to get out of their threatened area. it s going to be significant. and these are only the initial reports. we re going to see more as soon as we get the assessment teams out there this morning. the power is a huge concern, a million residents without power given the late august heat in that state i assume that s front and center for you all to get the power back on. what does that process look like? it s definitely a concern. we have shelters, the state has shelters set up across the state right now. we re also prepared to move people into hotels until they can get back into their homes safely. or identify other long term solutions. the power company has brought in, i believe, over 6,000 maybe more than that crews to help restore the power and there s several other crews from other states brought in to support. we also have the army core of engineers that is ready to support power restoration through the generators for any
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Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is getting more time to assess the impact of the 303-mile, 42-inch-wide pipeline on hundreds of tiny streams and waterways. This week the Army Corps of Engineers granted an extension until spring of next year.
Tom Cormons is with the advocacy group Appalachian Voices.
“We take the extension to be a real signal that protecting water quality is a priority for the federal and state regulators here, Cormons says. And, it really needs to be if you look at the hundreds of violations that the Mountain Valley Pipeline has already accrued over the years.”
going through the rubble, and the search and rescue process making sure the evidence is preserved to make sure that even with the army core of engineers, some of the issues that have risen, but the questions around things like the structural damage to the spool and other points of weakness, they will look through that and determine if they needs to open a full investigation, and then they will decide if any decisions or fact finding they engaged in can have longer term implications and recommendations for how we