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The patients? >> i think the patients have normal trepidation as it's a hurricane. i think the staff here in louisiana, particularly in this hospital, we know hurricanes and so this part actually may feel a little bit more normal although scary and that we prepare every year for this. it's a drill we do. so it is odd to say that maybe the hurricane part of it feels a little bit more like normal business in august and september than covid does but adding the two together is definitely stressful and we worry about our oxygen supply and others but like i said, we've done a really good job of prep...

Next couple hours. they're going to be dealing with it for several more days. >> that is such an important point, ed. we still don't know what the ripple effect will be from hurricane ida. there is still so much unknown right now including the extent of the damage there. a lot of people we've spoken with tonight are nervous about waking up in the morning, what they'll see, and what lies ahead in the days ahead as you just pointed out. ed lavendera, thank you. we just learned ida is a category 2 storm with sustained winds currently 110 miles an hour. to put this in perspective ida made landfa...

Having to tell everybody to hunker down. old school get a mattress or get in the center of the house. hundreds of people we've had to tell them today we just can't get to them. >> how does that make you feel? >> 16 years ago today was katrina. a lot of us suffered a lot of losses personally with that. so it is just kind of like dejavu. you know, here again. we were talking earlier, general honore, him and i worked together during katrina. it is just surreal. we're looking around and seeing total destruction and haven't really been able to see it yet because it is dark. we know when we wake up ...

In new orleans, the power is completely out after what's being called catastrophic transmission damage and the worst may be yet to come for the city. a city we're used to seeing full of life, not tonight. hours after making landfall, ida remains a category 3 storm. well, the storm's eye just west of new orleans and spawned a tornado watch for eastern louisiana and stretching into portions of southern mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. and as night falls, people in the path of ida have had little chance to assess the damage and we'll have to wait until the morning. we have no idea ...

Our breaking news this hour hurricane ida is a deadly category 2 storm. we are learning of the first death reported in louisiana caused by a fallen tree at home. according to the ascension parish sheriff's office. nearly 1 million are without power. new orleans in the dark tonight. this is normally a city that is full of life. not tonight. catastrophic transmission damage is blamed for the power failure as ida makes its closest path to the city. strong winds, heavy rains expected to continue for hours. and in grand isle on the louisiana coast, a dire report the water is rising after getting ba...