as the storm made landfall. well, conditions are deteriorating rapidly now that hurricane ida has made landfall. the wind gusts are clocking in at about 60 mph here in new orleans where the storm is, but this is just a tiny preview of what is expected and this is on the day 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina devastated new orleans, a day filled with so much trauma for the residents here. the storm could be one of the strongest to hit the united states. the mayor has already warned residents that emergency services won t be able to reach them, to stay inside, and complicating all the efforts of recovery, of course, is a surge of covid cases here. it is a dangerous mix here in louisiana. barry d keim is a professor at the department of geography and anthropology at the louisiana state university, and joins me now from baton rouge. it s good to have you with us.
family members. another thing we should tell you about and this happened some 20 plus minutes ago. we chose not to reveal it that indeed the hurricane ida has made landfall. we felt we should stay with the dignity and solemnity of this particular dignified transfer. it has made landfall just a few moments ago. 20 minutes or so ago. bill came and whispered it to me at the moment that it made landfall. let s go to bill, if we can now. he s joining me again in studio. port fourchon is the point. no one is there. it s an oil port. this is the satellite view and this clear spot shows you the eye of the storm. you can see it went right over the top there. now it sgoing over. it s going to hit inland. this is when the destruction is going to begin. i just looked at the power