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Head around those images behind you. it sure rule and as many are saying this may be our new normal, thank you so much. "outfront" now democratic congressman of new jersey. his district saw several deaths and some of the worst flooding in the state. thank you for joining us. you yourself had damage in your home. i believe you had 4 feet of water in your basement and garage. i know you've been touring your district today and meeting with residents there. how extensive is the damage that you've seen? >> yeah, you mentioned i had a bunch of water in my basement and garage and when i talk to oth...

Hurricane katrina's damage was concentrated in new orleans area primarily because of the flooding. the parish did not take significant amount of -- did not insure a significant amount of damage afrter katrina or hurricane isaac. in this particular hurricane because of the strength of the wind and the power of this particular hurricane, this particular hurricane caused more property damage than any hurricane that's impacted this area in decades and i believe normally we would take two or three days to restore power, another two or three days to restore the ingress and egress of the highway syst...

Texting with neighbors to make sure everybody was okay. nobody had anything broken into, do we need any help. that is what we did. so it was -- the gust of winds was the worst part of it all. >> reporter: and you didn't sleep last night because you were so worried. tron, what do you do next and how do you pick up if you were without power for five days, how long do you think you'll be without power this time in your clean-up effort. >> it seems like the power will be out for a while. there is a lot of infrastructure damage on the the power lines. i'm not sure where but i've heard. we don't hav...

Historic levels of damage right now, jonathan. just to give you some more historical context to all this, there have only been four cases in history where cat-5 has made landfall in the continental united states. 2017 was the last time. folks remember hurricane michael. the rarified storm is sitting on our doorstep with the gulf of mexico providing jet fuel for propelling it into the coast of louisiana. and where it lands is so important because at this point the storm is also widening its footprint as well. hurricane-strength winds, jonathan, are now 15 miles extended from the core of ida. wh...

Devastated by what is going on, particularly in the south. and for several reasons. first of all, we are heartbroken by the tragedy, the deaths, a lot of infrastructure damage. but there is also another issue. whatever assistance must flow, it must go to gang territory. it is almost like the gangs have to give you safe passage. and it is also due to the lack of good governance that we are in this situation. so the massive insecurity will make things much more difficult to bring assistance to the ones who need it most. and i think that is a big issue. you mention it is difficult to access these...