year ago and still running off generator power. we have to do something different. recovery is going to be real hard. if you bear with me for a second. all of our first responders are survivors. the political people who work in the parish and state offices in the regions are survivors. meaning their homes are destroyed or they don t have power. to include the medical workers. we have two disasters at one time. covid and ida. ida didn t stop in louisiana, as you said, it went up the east coast. we have to rethink how we do recovery. let me ask you this. how many longer do people have to find a way to live in the homes uninhabitable? the power doesn t work. floors are water logged. they can t flush the toilets? at what point do people get
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think more than 1000 employees, in louisiana and mississippi alone, supporting the hurricane aftermath there. i have to tell you though, as this week has gone on, looking at the conditions on the ground, it does not feel like enough, i am worried about how long hospitals in louisiana constand generator power. particularly given the fact there s no slack in this system, and it took a huge surge of very sick covid patients. how long can people live in the dark in the heat? i know there s no estimate, and a lot of places as to when the powers coming back on. what else can be done? we are prepared, and planning for the power to be out for several weeks. with the thousand employees that fema has on the ground, fema is just one part of the team. we also have resources and from all of the federal agencies that are supporting this. from the u.s. coast guard, the department of defense, the army corps of engineers, and they are also providing support to the critical infrastructure needs, to he
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