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Lessons. one, if you look at st. john and river parishs, we just started protecting them with federal levy protection. the other part is making sure we harden our infrastructure so that transmission lines don't wind up in the mississippi river after a storm so that people don't lose electricity unnecessarily. make sure that we harden and create better communication technology so people don't lose cell phone coverage. the nightmare scenario is to be in a home with no cell phone coverage, water in it, no cell phone access, no water in it, water in it, and no power. that is the trifecta of a disa...

St. johns issued a voluntary evacuation order at first. and may not have even had enough time to make a mandatory one as the storm moved in so fast. other parishs are volunteering -- residents could try to protect themselves by sheltering in place against the ferocious winds. we can all understand why folks felt safest leaving their homes and going elsewhere. out of the path of the devastating storm. no one, no one fled this killer storm because they were looking for a vacation or a road trip or able to stay in a hotel. they left their homes because they felt it was flee or risk death. there's...

I've directed the federal aviation commission, the faa, to authorize the use of surveillance drones to assist ida's damage to assess ida's damage to energy infrastructure while ensuring the flights do not disrupt search and rescue missions. likewise, i've asked the pentagon, the department of homeland security and the department of emergency to immediately make available any satellite imagery they can help provide in assessing the extent of the damage. drones and satellites can make the work faster by getting to the places that are most desperately in need. they can identify where the lines ar...

Made. and help some folks who are hurting. here's the deal. fema is providing critical need assistance, for example, to help the hotel bill you racked up because you couldn't stay in your home during the hurricane. the department of housing and urban affairs is also offering assistance to families in impacted areas. but right now we're here to report some insurance companies may deny coverage for additional living assistance expenses unless the homeowner was under a mandatory evacuation order. so people pay their insurance premiums. they're supposed to get payments from their insurance compani...