Houma,Β Lafitte,Β Vacherie, and Port Fourchon are underwater as well due to Hurricane Ida. Iβve read some rescue tweets of people stating thereβs a number of residents (one being a pregnant woman) who are trapped in their attics after trying to escape the rising water.Β Thereβs power outages in New Orleans and other Parishes. as well as some parts of Mississippi.Β
All of this in the middle of a pandemic...Β
I have friends in New Orleans that I havenβt heard from since yesterday. Iβm hoping they received that alert that the electricity isnβt estimated to be returned until a month from now for New Orleans and other Parishes. Yes, a whole fucking month. However, the transmission tower is nonexistent at this point.Β
From this:
To this:
Was the 30-day estimate for everyone to receive power before or after they seen this demolished structure? I canβt even wrap my head around this. Complete devastation from what theyβre experiencing and the lack of media coverage.Β
