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Assist families and i believe there's going to be some assistance for folks that need to evacuate the area after the hurricane. to evacuate the area after the hurricane-— hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, _ hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, hasn't - hurricane. new orleans has suffered before, hasn't it, l suffered before, hasn't it, with hurricane katrina? and there is a fear now that hurricane ida will test the flood defences, the infrastructure that was put in place after that, how concerned are you about that? it is place after that, how concerned are you about that?â€...

Now, but seeing it taper as the storm moves inland. what we are concerned about is people getting out, curfew laws are still in place. need to be sure there aren't downed power lines or gas mains. we are fortunate the fact that storm surge while it came in, didn't manifest to the degree we feared it might. that will be the difference in a huge way. >> hospitals in your state are already overflowing with covid patients. what is the storm going to do to the health care system as people evacuation to shelters and vaccination rates are low. shelters get crowded fast. >> that's a great question. we...

Orleans has created a number of things to prevent the flooding we saw 16 years ago. some of them are levies, some are gates, drainage and pumping systems. it's a multifaceted system. some is new, some of it is old. some are dependant on electricity, which is problematic. but here is an interesting thing, joshua. because you protect a certain area, sometimes means that other areas are less protected. so there are some places looking to do some of these upgrades to prevent the flooding. this is a low-lying area, and those things haven't been approved or completed, some won't be done until 2024. ...

The power situation is not the story here. there is still a threat, but in terms of power, it's here, the rain is gone, the wind threat is subsiding. people feel very good about the position they're 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 country. >> exactly, garrett. the storm is not over. it was in the last 15 minutes where they caugh...

Storm. it's historic to have a storm of this landing in the gulf coast. but the bottom line is, there is a lot that's going to happen that is going to make this seem much more serious than it felt today. people are saying new orleans dodged a category 5 major rain event that was going to cause it to flood. it does not look like new orleans has flooded. that is amazing news. but there's a lot of catastrophe in the days to come. >> that is good news, ali. since you brought up the power outages, as of the time you and i are talking about this, it looks like there are 831,659 affected customers fr...