almost preventable, with the u.s. averaging 150,000 daily deaths again, unlike back in march when the pandemic was going into first gear. and hurricane ida strengthened overnight to become a category 4 storm with sustained winds at 40 miles an hour. it is expected to make landfall 16 years to the day when hurricane katrina did. hospitals are already overrun as the delta variant rips through one of the biggest infected states in the country. john bel edwards, the catastrophic hurricane has a 15-mile storm surge. it's only expected to get