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Call themselves the cajun navy is mobilizing to help anyone that needs to be rescued. watch what a volunteer witnessed as ida made landfall. >> it's so bad right now, y'all. holy [ bleep ]. i glot to get out of here. as bad as i'd like to, y'all. this boat is in trouble. he's leaning. >> joining me now is todd terrell, the president of the united cajun navy. thanks for joining us. this morning you said on cnn this storm was making you nervous. how are you feeling now that it's made landfall? >> well, the main thing that's making me nervous right now even more so is it's continued to

Sniffling and we aren't sure whether it is because they are wet or have covid. the biggest concern right now is covid but we have nowhere to bring these people. we were prepared because we have some supplies. we have tons of food, snacks, water, gatorade we stored in warehouses that are ready to go. at this stage we were not prepared for this type of destruction. and even on our scale of having supplies i'm worried. >> you have all these people calling in needing help but you can't help them right now. frankly just too dangerous. todd terrell, thank you very much and for all that you're doing ...

Really get an assessment of the damage. it's already very clear from what we've seen that houma took a really big hit from hurricane ida. pamela? >> you experienced it firsthand, jason. earlier today you were standing one place and you moved and a tree fell where you were standing. that shows you how dangerous the conditions are there. thank you for bringing us the latest on the ground. right now a group of private boat owners calling themselves the cajun navy. their president todd joins us in a moment. you're live on the cnn newsroom. we'll be right back.

Worked together during katrina 16 years ago. it is just surreal. we look around and we're seeing total destruction and we really haven't been able to see it because it's dark but we know we wake up in the morning it will be levelled to where we're at. >> if you even go to sleep tonight. how do you think ida compares to katrina? you mentioned today is the 16-year anniversary. >> i think when it's all said and done, this storm is going to have more wide spread damage than katrina. we've yet to see what is going on in new orleans. metery and a little south where there is a lot of flooding. unfort...

There. see how they're doing. we'll stay on top of it. with hurricane ida ravaging the louisiana coast, thousands of national guard members and fema personnel are set to be deployed for rescue and relief efforts. but also taking part in those operations will be the all-volunteer united d cajun n. they are ready to deploy once it's safe in areas hit by this dangerous storm. joining me by phone, the president of the united cajun navy, todd terrell. help me, todd. sorry if i mispronounced it. you've been doing it for so many years. give us a sense -- give us a sense of the status of your operat...