Descriptions of the massive destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida are almost endless, Senator John Kennedy who visited Houma and Thibodaux on Tuesday called the damage “breathtaking”, coupled with a lot of “misery”.
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Kennedy says he’s thankful we didn’t see a greater loss of life as with Katrina.
There’s a high probability that the fall election in Louisiana will be postponed to November due to hurdles imposed by Hurricane Ida. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin presented a plan to the Governor to move election day from October 9th to November 13th and the November 13th election to December 11th.
The Louisiana Department of Health is acting to close seven nursing homes that the state says failed to properly evacuate hundreds of nursing home residents as Hurricane Ida approached. LDH executive counsel, Stephen Russo says hundreds of nursing home residents were evacuated to a warehouse facility in Tangipahoa Parish and that an initial attempt at inspecting the warehouse was rebuffed.
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Many displaced Ida residents are waiting on the approval of the disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says for DSNAP to go into effect it is designed to unfold in a sequence. A second stage includes distributing household products from their various partners, calling it a thought-out process because you can’t send out DSNAP cards immediately following a hurricane.