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Wind event. look at these trees that came down during the storm and what did they come down on? the power lines. so this is why the city is without power part of the reason -- [ no audio ] >> we lost the connection. as nadia was saying, part of the problem in new orleans and really across many cities in the state right now is the power situation. communications down. i believe we've reconnected with nadia. can you hear me? all right. i think we'll have to try to reconnect with her. communications in this type of connection has been hard for everyone. police departments saying that they're with...

Now? >> it is now in mississippi, and hi, there, geoff, and this is going to be five days worth of ida. so we will talk about this until friday. it exploded into a category 4 storm, and almost a high strung one, and almost category 5, but now in mississippi, and we will see a big wind event now, and it is all about the flooding rains. let's talk about the history of ida, and the name is going to be retired and not in terms of renaming it, but in terms of the history. so it is the fifth strongest landfalling, landfall on the continental u.s. tied with laura about this time last year. and it wen...

Sunrise, and of course the first point of call will be search and rescue. we are hearing terrifying stories about people caught in attics and other rooms in their homes. the water is rising. i mean that is a really terrifying situation for those people. but really they can't expect any help for a few hours yet. >> yeah. rosemary, it is hard to fathom the scope of the storm. because what we experienced at our particular location in homa, louisiana was a catastrophic wind event. but what others are facing is a flood and surge event. so, you can imagine both of those rescue operations are going t...

We have about 180 water rescue personnel across all of our agencies, which includes about 35 boats, seven high-water trucks, and our unified command for search and rescue is set up at our office of homeland security and emergency preparedness. >> have you been getting calls from residents? >> i believe the residents in our city at this time realize that it seems to be more of a wind event although we are not taking anything for granted. we do anticipate some rain. and our residents, of course, have a heightened sensitivity when it comes to flooding because we have experienced torrential floodi...

This is a wind event. >> do you feel like you have what you need to prepare for something like this. there have been reports for some time that things could be pretty ugly. do you feel you have the resources on the ground to have what you need? >> caller: yes. i think we have everything in place. this is our 60th year doing this, unfortunately. it's the situation we help in but we kind of have what we need down to a science, for the most part. >> remind our viewers you know what the cajun navy is. the group of volunteers with your, you know, personal boats and how you coordinate these rescues....