Governor Edwards will visit Lafourche, Terrebonne, and St. John the Baptist Parishes today and conduct flyovers of Grand Isle and Lafitte to assess damages from Hurricane Ida. Edwards wasn’t able to Monday due to the number of air rescues needed.
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Edwards will be joined by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.
Nine people in St Tammany Parish were taken to the hospital overnight due to carbon monoxide poisoning from generator use and elsewhere in the parish, a person suffered a flash burn while refueling a generator. State Fire Marshal Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says if you are using a generator always have a carbon monoxide detector.
Many hard-hit parishes are experiencing communication issues with down power lines and cell towers. St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper says they are unable to receive emergency calls.
Several hard-hit parishes are under curfew and parish officials are urging those who have evacuated to stay away until power and water is back in service which could be weeks for some areas.
There are already comparisons between Hurricanes Ida and Katrina, two major hurricanes that struck southeast Louisiana and made landfall 16 years apart to the day. Lt Governor Billy Nungesser says even with a long road to recovery ahead, Louisianans always help each other out and we’ll get through this as we’ve done before.