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Is the damage caused a load imbalance. and that caused a catastrophic failure of the entire power grid for new orleans. what i can tell you from being out here. it was quite an abundance of rain. more than i have seen in other hurricanes covering these things in the past. the wind was stiff, jaw wards of 80 miles per hour. but what was remarkable is sheets and sheets of rain that came through. particularly significant for new orleans, most of new orleans is like a bowl. it's below sea level. they are reliant on the pump system to act like a bilge pump in a boat and get water back out into the ...
Being restored soon? >> reporter: well, it is not clear, pamela. it doesn't look great at this hour. this was a catastrophic power failure due to a load imbalance we're told by officials. they're trying to address this and rectify it as soon as possible but first they have to assess where the source of the failure was. this was a transmission failure of catastrophic proportions is what we're told. the city is in complete darkness. i'm standing on bourbon street right now. it is complete darkness as the rain continues to pound here. that's what is frightening to a lot of people. now, there aren...
Experience doing this, and we are constantly evaluating the safety. when i was talking to you earlier suddenly things got very windy around where we were to the point where we wanted to reposition, and we are still on canal street just to give you perspective. the harrah's casino is over there and was behind me, so i just moved about a block over, so this is downtown louisiana, the french quarter is behind me, and i heard you talking about the power company, and for the purpose of high voltage when there's a load imbalance it's the equivalent of a fuse or breaker going on, and the system shuts...