are not set up to be first responder. we are grateful for them. they will do a good job. but there is gap between when the government can respond and when people actually need immediate help. and that s the hole that we try fill. we are looking forward it the cavalry arriving. ainsley: brian, yesterday the governor set levees were holding up pretty well and the failure of the levees caused the major of the disaster in katrina. have you heard overnight how the levees faired? you know, the new levee system we built we have a lot of confidence. in we think from initial reports that it held up very well. the possible failure that i mentioned earlier, katrina levee over top of the levee failure. that s the difference between overfilling your copy of mug or the mug shattering while you are pouring it. it could have been an overtop. but we vice president heard any reports of any massive levee breaches or failure. all the flooding that we got word about is just from
we have seen activity. we have seen roads getting cleared, wires going back up. 911 is back up and running. we have communications back up and running in new orleans. the bigger issue for life and safety is places like grand isle, louisiana, there are people apparently. i have done a hurricane there, i am surprised people stayed, that island is washed over every time there s a hurricane. south of us, there are people with rising waters and west of us in some areas. there are people still trapped. in new orleans, that has not happened. we have not had levee breaches. that s the good part. they re working hard to get the power up. that s the main issue. they can get power up, especially to hospitals and infrastructure and police and traffic lights, and gas stations, they can start to get things back to normal. we are not looking at loss of life issue in new orleans. we only have two reports in louisiana of loss of life compared to 16 years ago, that s
Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there s a few still-to-come twists that could
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing