Thirty days ago, Ida made landfall and left just under a million Entergy customers in the dark. Brooke Thorington has more on restoration a month later.
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Thousands of Terrebonne Parish residents are still having to resort to tents or storm debris as a shelter following the landfall of Hurricane Ida a month ago today. Houma Representative Tanner Magee says his efforts to find decent temporary housing for his constituents have been frustrating.
Gas prices usually decline in the fall, but that’s not the case this year. According to the Louisiana Triple-A, the statewide price for a regular gallon of gasoline is $2.90, up about eight cents from a month ago. Triple-A fuel analyst Don Redman says the big culprit in keeping pump prices high is the price of crude oil…Redman says 16-percent of crude production in the Gulf of Mexico is still shut down because of Hurricanes Ida and Nicholas. He says uncertainty in the economy is also keeping oil prices elevated…
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Now here’s the latest on commodities for Tuesday.