there. now with social media, frankly, twitter came around in 2006 and revolutionized how response agencies gather information. this all happened on the 16th anniversary of katrina which still haunts all of us here in the u.s. was ida a test of the improvements that were made since katrina and based on what we re seeing right now, does it give you confidence that our infrastructure is in a much better place? it was a best, but then again, fema and response agencies have been tested basically every year since 2005. there s been devastating hurricanes and wildfires, tornadoes, floods, you name it over the past 16 years that have tested the response agencies over and over again, specifically with regard to new orleans, it tested the flood control systems and seems to have met the test.
assets, the search and rescue teams from fema are not currently needed in our state. we believe our state and local assets can meet the needs, so we have encouraged our fema counterparts to release those individuals over to louisiana to help with those search and rescue. good. as well as i have directed my general, as we progress over the next 8 to 10 hours, he has already reached out to his counterpart in louisiana, and we re going to be sending men and women in uniform from mississippi to help in louisiana. ba because that s who we are. we ve got, again, about 20 hours ahead of us of lots and lots of rain, but all things considered, because the storm slowed up so considerably, we re seeing more rain, more water but a lot less wind, which is certainly helpful. well, thanks an awful lot, gov, and again, thanks for your
been one storm-related death. you talk about how huge this storm was. do you expect that number to go up? i assume it will rise significantly, yes. as those response and recovery operations continue, unfortunately, what we haven t heard is some of the hardest hit communities where you likely have collapsed buildings and other types of damage, high flood waters, that storm surge that came in was devastating, i m sure. unfortunately, there probably be will additional casualties? talk to me about how social media has helped with response efforts. you pointed out how so much has changed technologically since hurricane katrina and that may be an advantage for search ren s cuers. that s right. one of the things we lacked in 2005 was something we called situational awareness. that s a fancy way of saying knowing what s going on on the ground. we lacked that at the white house and fema, even state and local responders had little idea of what devastation was out
carrier was or is. the main thing i want to make clear to all of you is we re providing any help you need. as i said, i ve got my senior adviser cedric richmond with me. he s a new orleans native, was a congressman of louisiana s second district for ten years. he knows the area. he knows the people. and he who have been affected by ida, and he knows how to get things done in the government. while fema is our lead for on the ground response, if there s something you need, that needs my attention, cedric is your direct line. direct line in the white house throughout this recovery. and i mean that. whatever you need, go to cedric. he ll get to me. we ll get you what you need if we can. the people of louisiana and mississippi are resilient, and but it s in moments like these that we can see the power of government responding to the
the cinder blocks have been tossed about. now let s look at this neighborhood. this is the backside of armond estates. right now the only way you can get into it, look over here. the only way you can get into it is a high water vehicle like this sheriff s deputy truck right there. they are going in. they have been looking for people. i m told that everyone who needed to get out of our armond estates in st. charles parish has been able to get out. you saw what the wind did, and then the rain bringing all of that water. daniel served as the deputy fema administrator from 2017 to early to 2020. he deals with risk mitigation now. you were also an adviser to president bush during katrina. what s your response to the response to the hurricane so far? so far so far. this is a catastrophic hurricane much like the ones where i was