fail, they re not, they don t hold up for a long periods of time often. so this is a big issue. i also want to bring in a pediatrician on the ground, in new orleans. doctor, tell me what you re hearing from fellow doctors, there and how things are looking generally in new orleans right now. people are a little bit frustrated. it s the trifecta. people still have ptsd from hurricane katrina, and then covid-19 with the hospital shortages. and now, with hurricane ida. it s almost like déjà vu all over, again and that is a real problem, because not only is it just a physical issue. where people are very sick, but it s also a mental issue where people are trying to escape, there starting to drink a lot of, alcohol starting to, smoke and then what happens is they re not going to be able to have any ability to leave the, city because there is not gas, there s not electricity, so there in hot houses, they re dehydrated from drinking, and
power. they have already had, as you mentioned, difficulties with those generators. we have seen that over and over in many storms. and the governor today recognized that this is a high priority because they can fail. they re not so, you know, they don t hold up for long periods of time often. #. yeah. so this is a big issue. i also want to bring in dr. cori aber who is a pediatrician on the ground in new orleans, louisiana. and, doctor, tell me what you re hearing from fellow doctors there and and how things are looking, generally, in new orleans right now. well, you know, people are a little bit frustrated. i mean, you know, it s it s the trifecta. people still have ptsd from hurricane katrina. and then, covid-19 with the hospital shortages. and now, with hurricane ida it s almost like déjà vu, all over again. and that is a real problem because not only is it just a physical issue. where people are very sick. but it s also a mental issue where people are trying to escap
hosting these town hall-like events called covid conversations but the one from the other day, a lot of people do not seem to believe the facts that he is trying to tell them and explain to them. i mean, at one point in that town hall he talked about just saying that covid is real and that the hospital shortages in this state are real, amend he was met with a lot of boos, a lot of heckling. one person called him a liar. he was not the only person that was heckled at that town hall, ayman. there was a young woman just 20 years old who stood up because she wanted people to know that a few days before her brother had tried to get to a hospital, and it took him over 14 hours to get admitted because the hospitals were so full. she was hoping by sharing her story someone there who understand that their decisions are impacting people outside of their own group. you saw the reaction there. the there were a lot of people here who still do not believe that this is a serious problem despite a lot