first taste of major hurricane ida. christi, phil, i used to tell my kids that monsters don t exist, but what we woke up to this morning is indeed with monster and it s only 100 miles from the coast of where i m standing right now. this storm, as allison so aptly put it, does not stop at the coast. anything that this touches, anywhere the water touches from the sky or from the ocean will be impacted by major hurricane ida as it makes its final approach. last-minute preps should be completed. there are mandatory curfew and evacuations in ter goan parish and the entire louisiana national guard has been initiated for this particular storm. a very sobering statement from the louisiana governor yesterday. take a listen. this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 1850s.