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It was evident as we were standing out here experiencing ida yesterday, that this was for houma a wind event, a severe damaging wind event. there was some thought that it would be a water event. but now as we're out here seeing the light of day taking a walk around houma, this direction, it is nearly every direction that you look at when you're in downtown houma. you see some form of destruction. you just see how badly houma took a beating from hurricane ida. back to you. >> absolutely, jason. you really were in it for hours yesterday and now seeing what it looks like as the winds have started...

In the southern corner of our parish were impacted. so our goal is to mitigate flooding throughout our city, whether it's in the southern corner or the northern corner. and the truth of the matter is, here in the capital city, we recognize that water management has to be a way of life. that's why we have implemented a storm water master plan, where we're doing analytical studies of our drainage system, so we can mitigate flooding in our community. right now, because ida is mostly a wind event for us, we're hoping and believing that we won't have the type of flooding experience that we have had...

That's the city of new orleans. i can tell you, we are working closely with them. the storm was moving so fast. ic i heard earlier we're not out of the woods here. the city of new orleans it's dark here. i'm looking out the headquarters window now and it's completely dark. the hurricane risk reduction system around new orleans it performed as designed as indicated. >> this is why, you know, all the comparisons to katrina 16 years ago, except the lessons from katrina with the investments you're talking about, right. now we're talking about a storm that is a wind event and not a water event. at ...

Louisiana. here in baton rouge and in our parish as well we were spared and we are extremely grateful, but we do know that hurricane ida has now moved to the north. baton rouge did experience a major wind event and as a result with almost 170... in inaudible we who are without power. we have 70 roads that are closed, 37 trees that are down... inaudible we are assessing damage to structures. we are assessing damage to structura— we are assessing damage to structures. ., ~ ., , ., ., structures. talk to us about what it means for residents _ structures. talk to us about what it means for resid...

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...