We’re still seing LONG lines at the few gas stations with gasoline available. what’s behind the shortage? Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Entergy has announced preliminary estimated times of power restoration. Jeff Palermo has the details…
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The damage assessments keep coming in from Hurricane Ida, and the power of the storm is becoming clearer in descriptions such as this passed on by State Representative Tanner Magee of Houma.
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Magee says the property damage in Terrebonne Parish is extensive.
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Magee says those that choose to return to Terrebonne need to be ready for what they’ll face.
Cut 5 (12) “..sweat a lot.”
Noting the importance of Terrebonne and Lafourche, Magee says people are going there every day to bring gas and seafood to this nation or do all kinds of things and it’s sad to him we lose those stories for now because of Ida.
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FEMA has approved Transitional Sheltering Assistance for residents who’ve been displaced by Hurricane Ida. FEMA spokesperson Nate Custer the first step to qualify for any assistance is to register with FEMA by calling 1-800-621-3362 or online at DisasterAssistance.gov.
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Custer says if you’ve been displaced from your home since Ida, residents will have to locate their own hotel room and lodging has been extended across the deep south.
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The eligible states for hotel lodging include Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
Custer says FEMA transitional housing only covers lodging expenses.
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The TSA program is for eligible survivors with a damaged dwelling address within the federally designated parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.
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President Joe Biden received a first-hand look at the devastation from Hurricane Ida in southeast Louisiana today and met with state and local officials leading the response efforts. Biden pledged that the federal government will stand with Louisiana as it rebuilds…
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It will take billions of dollars to rebuild. Biden says the hurricane recovery is an example of why Congress needs to pass an extensive infrastructure bill so that the state can build back better
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the billions of dollars spent on shoring up levees after Hurricane Katrina is an example of building back better. Edwards says this could have been a much more expensive storm…
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Entergy believes much of metro New Orleans will see power return by Wednesday. Entergy CEO Phillip May says they are still working on developing restoration estimates for the River Parishes along with Terrebonne, Lafourche, and lower Jefferson Parish
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At its peak, Entergy had 950-thousand customers without power. That number is down to 699-thousand. Entergy’s vice president of distribution operations, John Hawkins, says the damage done to their system is enormous…
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Mays the restoration process is complex but they expect to make a lot of progress this weekend…
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Cleco says it has restored power to over 38-thousand of the roughly 97-thousand customers.
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Despite the heartache and devastation, Hurricane Ida caused in Louisiana this week, there are thousands of LSU fans in the Los Angeles area getting ready for Saturday night’s big game against UCLA in the Rose Bowl Jim Dumigan says he organized a charter flight to L-A that left Thursday from Baton Rouge
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Dumigan says he did not have any last-minute cancellations because of Hurricane Ida. He says based on the number of LSU fans who traveled from Louisiana and LSU grads on the west coast, there’s a chance Tiger Nation will outnumber UCLA fans…
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