for they say on an ongoing basis, filling the air with the mist that would typically cause snow in order to keep down any possibility of flames and when we spoke to the general manager of the hotel over there to just ask what is it like to see a place where so many families have made memories for so long shut down on labor day weekend, here s what he said it hurts. you know, everybody i meet they all have some root back to lake tahoe in the early days wherever they were. to see this town empty, looking across the street, there s just checkpoints going through town. that s it. there s no tourist. no locals and no supply trucks going back and forth and no contractors, locals, nothing. the hotels around me are filled only with emergency workers. everything else here is pretty much shut down. when you think about the places that forms generation was hundreds of californians, it is
was hurt, damaged in the storm that brought 140-mile-an-hour wind gusts well inland. we re an hour away from oshner s campus. they re on generator. every hospital has a storm contingency plan hopefully take them a week up to ten days but after that, they are already discussing what they might have to do, should this outage last longer. we know that they have supplies on hand, and some cases, they did have to move patients from one facility to another because of damage that was taken, that was given by ida, but right now, this is very much a touch and go situation. we know that they currently have power courtesy of those generators but if you look around, a lot of the gas stations have yet to get filled back up from the supply trucks that are making their way through here, so when you look at the bigger picture, hallie, it really is one of uncertainty, not just for those hard-hit communities that are still trying to pick up the pieces but
you re looking at new orleans as people try desperately to evacuate on saturday from the florida panhandle to louisiana, states are bracing for hurricane ida. the potentially catastrophic storm is closing in on the u.s. gulf coast. just a short time ago the national hurricane center upgraded ida to a category 4 storm. its forecast to pummel the louisiana coast today. outages among major concern. fema says it s moving supply trucks into louisiana ahead of the storm s landfall. 20,000 are on standby, and making matters worse many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19. health officials are asking residents not to go to the hospital unless it s a dire emergency. all right. we bring in meteorologist tyler
says it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of ida s landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state, already. another 20,000, on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19 cases. health officials are asking residents not to go to the hospital, unless it is truly a dire emergency. now, on saturday, louisiana s governor stressed the dangerous and historic nature of ida s threat. when you talk about rain totals that could be up to to 15, 16 inches and and in isolated areas, above 20 inches. with that kind of rain, that kind of storm surge, that kind of wind, this is just a very serious storm. it ll be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since the 1850s. and ironically, it s scheduled to make landfall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane
late. nearly all of the understood gates in louisiana s hurricane and storm damaged risk reduction system have been closed ahead of the storm, those that are still open, right now they re going to be closed in the next few hours. prolonged power outages also a major concern. fema says it s moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state already and another 20,000 on standby. many hospitals in the area are already maxed out, short of beds due to covid-19. health officials asking residents not to go to hospital unless it is a dire emergency. now, on saturday, louisiana s governor stressing the dangerous and historic nature of ida s threat. when you talk about rain totals that could be up to 15, 16 inches in isolated, about 20