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Evacuate. you did. what was it that pushed you to do so? >> i was wanting to ride it out but my wife had other plans and wanted me to go with him and the kids to get out of there. that is more important. >> aren't you happy that you did, looking at how bad it's been? >> i am but i'm the type of person that likes to be there to try to fix things as they happen and driving me nuts that i can't do that but it is what it is. >> so from what you can tell, how does this storm compare to others you've experienced? >> this is the worst. i was in baton rouge growing up when andrew came through. and i s...

Louisiana. the storm is still powerful, moving very slowly across the state. right now the flash flood emergency has been declared in new orleans. all of new orleans parish is without power after catastrophic transmission damage. that is according to the city. but major relief is on the way once the storm subsides. as one group is on the ground with enough food to serve more than 100,000 meals. chef jose andres joins me now. he is the founder of world central kitchen organization and has been a very busy man. he went from haiti to there to new orleans and louisiana. chef, thanks for joining us...

Storm and an army of private citizens called the cajun navy is ready to spring into action to help anyone who may need a rescue. just moments ago i spoke with the president of the united cajun navy. listen to what he said is making him nervous about hurricane ida right now. >> well, the main thing making me nervous right now even more so is that it has continued to keep its strength. once it got into land. i don't think anybody knew this thing was going to stay this strong. this is relentless and has not given up. it has not given up. we are really catching the devil over here. it seems like i...

Are waiting out this storm there lost part of the side of the building. there was some damage to the side of the building. they said there was damage to the roof and so what they did was they left that building and then sought shelter where you can see the lights behind me. that's the houma civic center. so they went there to seek shelter, but when they were there at that civic center, part of the civic center's roof was blown off during the worst of the hurricane, as well. there were two structures behind me there with those lights. both of those buildings there lost part of the roof. we drov...

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 ...