production platforms here are still mostly offline. i mean, you ve got oil production and natural gas production platforms, don. we read something today more than 90% of the production platforms are offline. refineries are still down. g gasoline will be a huge issue here and already is as it extends out from the hurricane, you wonder when some stuff will get back online. yeah, brian todd bringing us the stories taking us inside what is happening down in louisiana, it s sad. thank you for keeping us updated. appreciate it. you be safe out there. president biden says he s committed to help americans that want to leave afghanistan. up next, we ll talk with one of those americans still stuck there. those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we remain committed to get them out if they want to come out. yeah, it s time for grilled cheese. after we make grilled cheese,
they will either try to tie the new orleans grid somehow to the larger grid in the leaarger regn or create an island somehow create an island of a small power grid to service just the new orleans area. they did say they think they will be able to bring some lights on by this time maybe or late tomorrow evening. that s a welcome sign for the people of new orleans. of course, for the authorities, for the police, for everyone there. what s been the impact of the power outages on oil and gas production? reporter: it s been horrific. word from louisiana state officials that so many of the production platforms, i think 278 is the number they gave, 278 production platforms remain offline. nine oil rigs remain offline. nine refineries remain offline. i think the figure was more than 90% of the oil production and 90% of the natural gas
her children plus her mother and some extended family. her 10-year-old boy has a heart condition. she was trying to make her own arrangements for what to do when his medication runs out. she s got to do this all on her own. so, again, just some of the struggles that people are dealing with, with no power in that area and the heat getting worse and worse. another issue, don, is gas. twice yesterday and today we visited gas stations here where there were really, really long lines of people waiting to just get either a tankful of gas or fill up cans of gas. people told us they were waiting for three or four hours and gas stations were simply starting to run out. it s just really, again, a really struggle because the refineries here and the production platforms here are still mostly offline. i mean you ve got oil production and natural gas production platforms, don. we read something today that said more than 90% of each of those production platforms are still offline. refineries are still
they said in a statement they re going to do it one of two ways, anderson. they re going to either try to tie the new orleans grid somehow to the larger grid in the larger region and turn on the power that way or they say they re going to create an island, somehow create some kind of an island of a small power grid to service just the new orleans area. but they did say they think they re going to be able to bring some lights on by this time maybe or late tomorrow evening. that s a welcome sign for the people in new orleans and of course for the authorities, for the police, for everyone there, anderson. what s been the impact of the power outages on oil and gas production? reporter: it s been horrific. we ve gotten word today from louisiana state officials that so many of the production platforms, i think 278 is the number they gave, 278 production platforms remain offline. nine oil rigs remain offline. nine refineries remain offline. i think the figure was more than
production is off line. 278 production platforms remain evacuated. nine oil rigs remain evacuated. that is a huge concern. we ve been seeing really, really long lines at gas stations, people getting more on edge, more desperate. if these oil rigs and other production platforms can t get back online, it s going to be just more trouble. brian todd in the new orleans area, thank you so much. coming up, controversial opinions. cnn sat down with the leading republican contender who might replace california s democratic governor after the recall election. that s next.