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It was evident as we were standing out here experiencing ida yesterday, that this was for houma a wind event, a severe damaging wind event. there was some thought that it would be a water event. but now as were out here seeing the light of day taking a walk around houma, this direction, it is nearly every direction that you look at when youre in downtown houma. you see some form of destruction. you just see how badly houma took a beating from hurricane ida. back to you. >> absolutely, jason. you...

In the southern corner of our parish were impacted. so our goal is to mitigate flooding throughout our city, whether its in the southern corner or the northern corner. and the truth of the matter is, here in the capital city, we recognize that water management has to be a way of life. thats why we have implemented a storm water master plan, where were doing analytical studies of our drainage system, so we can mitigate flooding in our community. right now, because ida is mostly a wind event for u...

Thats the city of new orleans. i can tell you, we are working closely with them. the storm was moving so fast. ic i heard earlier were not out of the woods here. the city of new orleans its dark here. im looking out the headquarters window now and its completely dark. the hurricane risk reduction system around new orleans it performed as designed as indicated. >> this is why, you know, all the comparisons to katrina 16 years ago, except the lessons from katrina with the investments youre talking...

Louisiana. here in baton rouge and in our parish as well we were spared and we are extremely grateful, but we do know that hurricane ida has now moved to the north. baton rouge did experience a major wind event and as a result with almost 170... in inaudible we who are without power. we have 70 roads that are closed, 37 trees that are down... inaudible we are assessing damage to structures. we are assessing damage to structura— we are assessing damage to structures. ., ~ ., , ., ., structures....

The power situation is not the story here. there is still a threat, but in terms of power, its here, the rain is gone, the wind threat is subsiding. people feel very good about the position theyre in here in gulf port. >> it is interesting to see that this has been a wind event, not a rain event. vaughn hilliard is in birmingham that is in the path of the storm today. what are people there expecting to see as the storm continues to have effects really out through the middle eastern part of the c...

Wind event. look at these trees that came down during the storm and what did they come down on? the power lines. so this is why the city is without power part of the reason -- [ no audio ] >> we lost the connection. as nadia was saying, part of the problem in new orleans and really across many cities in the state right now is the power situation. communications down. i believe weve reconnected with nadia. can you hear me? all right. i think well have to try to reconnect with her. communications ...

Now? >> it is now in mississippi, and hi, there, geoff, and this is going to be five days worth of ida. so we will talk about this until friday. it exploded into a category 4 storm, and almost a high strung one, and almost category 5, but now in mississippi, and we will see a big wind event now, and it is all about the flooding rains. lets talk about the history of ida, and the name is going to be retired and not in terms of renaming it, but in terms of the history. so it is the fifth strongest ...

Sunrise, and of course the first point of call will be search and rescue. we are hearing terrifying stories about people caught in attics and other rooms in their homes. the water is rising. i mean that is a really terrifying situation for those people. but really they cant expect any help for a few hours yet. >> yeah. rosemary, it is hard to fathom the scope of the storm. because what we experienced at our particular location in homa, louisiana was a catastrophic wind event. but what others are...

We have about 180 water rescue personnel across all of our agencies, which includes about 35 boats, seven high-water trucks, and our unified command for search and rescue is set up at our office of homeland security and emergency preparedness. >> have you been getting calls from residents? >> i believe the residents in our city at this time realize that it seems to be more of a wind event although we are not taking anything for granted. we do anticipate some rain. and our residents, of course, h...

This is a wind event. >> do you feel like you have what you need to prepare for something like this. there have been reports for some time that things could be pretty ugly. do you feel you have the resources on the ground to have what you need? >> caller: yes. i think we have everything in place. this is our 60th year doing this, unfortunately. its the situation we help in but we kind of have what we need down to a science, for the most part. >> remind our viewers you know what the cajun navy is...