Louisiana. Jason, it just gets worse and worse where you are there in houma, louisiana. You are just getting pounded right now. Whats the latest . Yeah, i just wanted to confirm something. We were talking about the Wind Gusts out here. Checked in with our Weather Department here. Just to confirm before i said it. Weve been experiencing Wind Gusts topping 100 miles per hour. Out there. Not right here where im standing because weve moved back next to a solid Brick Structure, jim. Just to give us a barrier from the brunt of what is happening out here. You can look out there and you can gauge for your own eyes what we have been experiencing as the Eye Wall descends upon houma. The wind literally takes your breath away as it howls through here, taking with it trees, power lines, damaging structures in the area as well. Weve been hearing from Emergency Officials who say thats what theyve been receiving so far in terms of their assessment of the damage. Hard to make it out because all of this Wind And Rain that is barreling down on us at this moment. Again, the Eye Wall right now barelying down on houma. After this, there should be a break. A muchneeded break. And then the Back End of the storm as well. So houma is in the thick of it. When i checked in with Emergency Officials, i was asking them, i said, what is your plan of action when something like this happens . When you have a category 4 storm, descending upon you and basically what the sheriff told me is he says, what you have to do is you have to let Mother Nature at this point take its course. And then after that happens, you wait and see what you can do. It is his belief that as much as 60 to 80 of the people who live in houma heeded the evacuation warnings. They know this was coming and got out. Theres still a number of people here Hunkering Down. And the prayers and thoughts are with those people right now. But, jim, the experience of being out here is similar to what i experienced when i covered Hurricane Rita and wilma. Those were Category 5 hurricanes. The wind is so intense. It literally nearly takes your breath away. It really does. It can knock you off of your feet if youre not steady. Thats what it felt like during a Category 5. This is a category 4 but it feels the same. It has that type of intensity when youre out here. I know that youd asked earlier if we had seen any lookyloos, anybody wandering about. Nothing. Its a ghost town, save for what Mother Nature is doing to houma right now. We were at one point on the other side of this Brick Structure. But at that point, at that point, a tree became uprooted so we moved to this section over here where we thought it would be a little bit better. Again, as bad as it looks right now, and it is bad, i have a Brick Structure to my left which is blocking the brunt of what is happening out here. Jim . One thing im getting concerned about, first of all, were seeing that Stop Sign Flap in the wind behind you. That is not right behind jasons head. Its several feet behind jasons head. We can see these conditions deteriorate. But one of the things im concerned about is it seems as though this eye is taking its time to move over houma. You have not seen it yet, correct . Are you getting the sense this storm is kind of parked over your area . I get the sense that its barreling down on us and it feels like its parked over our area. Well have to check with our folks in meteorology folks back in our Weather Center to determine exactly where the Eye Wall is. But when youre out here, it certainly feels like its just sort of barreling down on you and stuck here. But from what weve been hearing, the storm from our Emergency Officials feel like it has been steadily moving through. But leaving a lot of destruction, downed trees, power lines, damage to buildings in its wake. All right, jason. As were watching the storm on the left side of the screen, on the radar, it does look like the eye may be moving just to the east of where you are in houma. And maybe going right past where you are. That might be some bit of good news for houma, but it just looks like that area where youre at right now is just getting hammered. Well let you get safe and come back to you in a little bit. Thanks for that reporting. And to your photographer. In New Orleans weve seen this intenseth of the Storm Pick Up in the past couple of hours. Flooding is also a major concern with ida expected to dump as much as 20 inches of rain on a city thats already enduring its second Wettest Year on record. Brian todd is there. Brian, we can see that rain coming down where you are right now. Well, jim, the dynamic keeps changing every hour. One hour it will be just pelting wind, really high wind that whips us around where we are. This hour its a lot of rain. Volumes and volumes of rain. Well come out here on Bourbon Street and show you the volume of rain you can see. Wind isnt so much of an issue right now at this hour but it will be as the storm keeps barreling down. Water just streaming off these rooftops. Debris all over the place on Bourbon Street. Heres another danger over here i can show you. This Construction Site was left here. This fence just blew down. You have a lot of debris here that can fly around in heavy winds. Well keep an eye on that because thats a danger. The Street Corner where we were last hour, a lot of debris flying down there. Look at all these 2 x 4s. The wood. This is going to be a real danger as the wind keeps coming back. And then well show you down this street here. Take a look. This street could get flooded soon. Just spoke with officials with the Southeast Louisiana Flood protection authority. Speaking with them most of the day today. They tell us that, yes, theyre concerned about this area. Breaking all sorts of records. As far as the Storm Surge, they think that this system is going to hold because its a much different system than it was when Hurricane Katrina came here 16 years ago. They told me that fortification of Flood Gates, Surge Gates and levees has been really bolstered. The levees are higher than theyve ever been. Theyre armored. The surge gate, Flood Gates have been closed now but those have also been fortified. Theyre confident thats going to hold. The Storm Surge will not be an issue. That surge broke the levees and flooded the Lower Ninth Ward in 2005. Were told now this is pretty much the most technologically advanced Flood Protection System in the world now in New Orleans. As far as flooding this section of New Orleans with levees failing, they are not so much worried about that. They are worried about what were experiencing here now. The volume of this rain. And the recordbreaking nature of the rain. New orleans averages 62 inches of rain per year. Its already gotten 65 inches even before this storm. So this is really going to just be it could flood some of the streets and saturate a part of this city thats already been saturated for the last several weeks. Weve also talked to local officials who have warned us about people using generators in this weather as they lose power. Talk about 400,000some residents without power in louisiana. That number building. Officials say that last year, Hurricane Laura hit louisiana. They had 25 deaths. Out of those 25 deaths, 9 of them were people who died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning because they didnt use their generators properly. Thats why they are warning people. If you use those generators, dont bring them inside. Keep them in a safe distance if you have to use those generators. This part of New Orleans has not lost power yet. But theyre bracing for that as well, jim. All right, brian todd. We still see some folks out there driving around out there. Not a good idea. Brian todd, you stay safe as well. Thanks for that report. Lets go to Jennifer Gray who is Tracking Ida in the cnn Weather Center. We were talking to Jason Carroll a short while ago. He and Derek Van Dam were anticipating that eye might pass over houma, louisiana. Now tarks peers to be tracking to the East Of Houma and heading in between houma and maybe New Orleans to the north. Does this mean that its maybe moving towards New Orleans . Whats the latest . What can you tell us . Its just shifting more to the north. Moving in more of a northerly direction. I dont think Jason And Derek will get the eye which basically mean ths theyre going to be rid by this Eye Wall and never get in that calm portion of the storm. So theyll definitely get the brunt of the storm and have been for the last several hours. And will continue until this storm finally gets north of them and pulls away. The center of the storm, the eye of the storm is definitely staying to the East Of Houma. If this storm continues on more of a northerly track and thats what its looking like at the moment, it will end up a little bit closer to New Orleans than what we previously thought. New orleans is now under a flash flood warning, as well as houma. So we are going to continue to get winds, though, of 100plus miles per hour in houma. Already getting Hurricane Force winds in New Orleans and as this storm inches further to the north, those winds are only going to increase for New Orleans. Until the storm starts to pull away finally. Also the Storm Surge, you can see the rotation of the storm continuing to push water onshore. Were going to see ten, 12 feet of Storm Surge and that is still happening and will continue to happen. This push of water onshore for the next several hours. So the storm is still a category 4 with winds of 130 miles per hour. 160mileperhour gusts. And as this storm inches farther to the north, well continue to see that extreme wind warning. Basically treat this as a Tornado Warning. A long lived Tornado Warning because the winds are just as strong as a tornado. Meaning get to the Interior Section of your house away from windows. Weve seen in our live shots the trees just flying down the street. That can go through your window. So you want to make sure youre away from windows and in a very safe place inside your home. Heres the wide shot you can see. This is going to be a little bit farther reaching of than louisiana. Were talking about mississippi coast, Alabama Coast getting that Storm Surge. That Water Inundation especially along the coastal regions. So we could see the Water Rise six, eight feet, ten feet in some locations, especially right around the center of that storm. This is what weve seen so far. The highest Storm Surge amounts. Thats whats been observed, shell beach. Almost 7 1 2 feet. Almost 8 feet right there. So the next couple of hours those numbers will continue to rise. Here are the latest Wind Gusts. A lot of these areas arent reporting. They have lost a lot of anemometers so were not getting wind recordings. But Port Fourchon. Grand isle. The gauge broke. This is going to be catastrophic for not only these towns in south louisiana, but as this storm hangs on to its strength and intensity, like it has, as it moves inland, well continue to get major Storm Damage, category 3 even, is what it most likely will be overnight, pushing well inland. Louisiana into mississippi. Youre going to get category 2, category 3 Storm Damage in those regions. Very, very far inland, jim. And jennifer, a couple of questions. One is the false sense of security that people can get when that Eye Wall, that Eye Passes over them. People may be tempted to go outside if you can talk about the dangers of that. And also im just thinking about the time here. That this storm made landfall somewhere between 11 00 and 12 00, if im not mistaken. This has been going on for five hours. I know some hurricanes will move through a lot more quickly than that. This seems to be Hunkering Down and staying parked over this part of louisiana. That would tell me that theres going to be some significant damage, perhaps well into the evening hours as well. Oh, youre right. The storm is moving at a snails pace. Very, very slowly. When you talk about winds in excess of 100 miles per hour over the same area for hours on end, thats going to be catastrophic damage. The storm is weakening very, very slowly. So as we get into the overnight hours, the storm pulls to the north, well continue to get winds, at least Hurricane Force, during the overnight hours. Most likely 80, 90mileperhour winds. As the Storm Moves to the north. So it is going to be incredibly dangerous for the folks far inland with this storm. As you mentioned the eye, you want to be very, very careful. Once the Eye Passes, a lot of people want to get outside and take pictures. They think its very cool. You have no warning whatsoever when the Back Side of that Eye Wall comes at you and so anything resting on the ground will be pinged up and as a possible projectile and could definitely injure you. The storm should pick up speed into the overnight hours and tomorrow, jim. Its moving slowly now. Should start to pick up some momentum in the next 12 hours and start moving quicker. We certainly need that to happen. Looks like its going to be a desperate night for a lot of people in that part of louisiana and just very, very devastating. Dont think if its dark outside that you can go outside and start looking around because you cant see the trees moving around in the wind anymore. Its still very, very dangerous out there. Jennifer gray, thanks so much. Now let me bring in the former commander of joint Task Force of katrina, russel honore. General honore, Hurricane Ida is tied for the most powerful storm to ever hit louisiana. For context, katrina is not in that top tier exactly 16 years since katrina, though. What do you think . Is this region better prepared to handle this historic storm . And just to get i want to get your general sense of what were seeing so far. Youve seen so many of these hurricanes come ashore. What are the characteristics of this hurricane that youre looking at as ida just Pummels Louisiana right now . Yeah, i think the biggest one of the big differences was katrina was a wider storm, if i might use that term. Hurricane force winds, 200 miles 20 each side of the eye of the storm. This one, while its stronger, it has a smaller circumference to it. That being said, its going through it went through the oil patch. And it went through the oil production, Port Fourchon. That could be significant damage because some 15 of our fuel come from there in Port Fourchon and went through the oil patch. The next thing its going to hit as it continues to move in this direction, its going to head into the Chemical Corridor or what we call Cancer Alley here between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. 150 chemical plants. They are right next door to each other. We have not seen a wind of that nature go through that Industrial Complex before. And its going to disrupt the port of New Orleans. You know on any given day, 50 of the barges in the united states are in the port of New Orleans. So in mississippi river, in louisiana. Its going to cause a major disruption to the industrial base because we are the largest Ton Producer as far as Shipping Stuff out. Its going to have major disruption to our infrastructure with these level winds when they take power out and the ability to get those plants back online and the amount of homes and businesses that could be destroyed. Not just damaged but destroyed with this level of wind. We did not get this level of wind in katrina. We got the water when the levee broke and flooded New Orleans. Most of the Wind Damage happened over in mississippi from katrina. We know what that looks like as it leveled subdivisions and the 28foot Wall of Surge Water that went into mississippi. New orleans had 18foot surge. So this could we could have equal surge here from this storm. That being said, no two storms are alike, but on any given day, it can break anything built by man. Well need to see. People need to listen to local officials p. As were looking at live pictures, or recent pictures that have come into us here on cnn of houma, louisiana, they are just getting devastated there right now. What do you think about the duration of this storm so far and the intensity of this storm . This has just been going on all day long, it seems there in louisiana. That indicates to me that well see some very significant damage. Yeah, she was running track out in the gulf. Running around 13 miles an hour. Compared to katrina running about 6 until it got a few miles off the coast and went up to 12 miles. Its done the reverse. Came in fast to the gulf and now its appeared to have slowed down. Hopefully it will lose some of its energy as it moves north. But its doing the reverse of what katrina, if you compared it to, but the impact on New Orleans is going to be totally different Levee System and storm Protection System will give folks a lot of protection. But that will not prevent the amount of flooding that could happen in the city if we get any over topping of the levee in some places. And it wont help the folks on the North Shore because that water continued to push into st. Tamanee parish on the North Shore and st. John parish on the South Shore as the Levee Systems will protect New Orleans. And there are plans to put some levees in to protect st. John, but theyre not done yet. So were going to have a long night ahead of us and just keep your fingers crossed. People need to hunker down. Those who are figuring out how they want to help, one of the organizations is the red cross. Theyve sent 500 people in, as well as the Cajun Navy, dozens of boats that come in from other states and catholic charities. Theyll play a big role in taking care of people in days to come as we have to move people to shelters. And componded with the shelters because the Shelters Cant Hold as many people because we have such a Big Covid outbreak here because people refuse to take the shot and all the hospitals are full. And thats another dimension of this catastrophe that were going to be feeling for days to come. Lieutenant general russel honore, thanks for your expertise, as always. Its greatly appreciated. Its going to be a long night in louisiana and a Long Night In The Dark for many of the residents, your neighbors there, because of all those power outages. Russel honore, thanks so much. Our special coverage of Hurricane Ida continues right after this. 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You are looking at the roof of a clinic in larose, louisiana. The roof getting ripped off. Look at this video as it develops right here. Youll see the roof getting ripped off the building. There it is right there. Just stunning images coming in as idas fierce winds tear through the state. Right now more than 400,000 people in the state are without power because of the storm. But you can just see here the roof of this building, this clinic here is just being decimated by ida. And its intense winds. Well keep on top of that. Try to check in with the folks there. See how theyre doing. Well stay on top of it. With Hurricane Ida ravaging the louisiana coast, thousands of National Guard members and fema personnel are set to be deployed for Rescue And Relief efforts. But also taking part in those operations will be the allvolunteer United D cajun n. They are ready to deploy once its safe in areas hit by this dangerous storm. Joining me by phone, the president of the united Cajun Navy, todd terrell. Help me, todd. Sorry if i mispronounced it. Youve been doing it for so many years. Give us a sense give us a sense of the status of your operations. Give us a sense of the status of your operations right now. I hope you are all Hunkering Down right now. But what is your sense of this storm because weve just been sort of Gob Smacked by the fact that this storm is taking a while to move through louisiana and it is just devastating these areas that its traveling through right now. Yeah, one thing, you know, we the reports originally were that it was going to hit around 140 miles an hour and immediately decrease pretty good. It appears it stayed pretty strong. Still moving toward the northwest. I dont think its made that Northeasterly Turn like they said. It really hasnt gone into populated areas yet. Whats happening now, in plaq plaquemines parish, theres a lot of things were not prepared for. Certain pumps out in certain areas. Were hearing a lot of roofs off of houses. People are calling us in over Social Media and stuff with desperate attempts. Its a dire situation down here right now. And its only going to get worse if it even goes on. Is it your sense, todd, this is worse than what we anticipated, that the conditions may be more intense and longer lasting than we anticipated . I think its definitely longer lasting. I think the storm is stronger than they anticipated. Even as far as Baton Rouge. We were expecting gustavlike conditions which if anyone remembers, gustav brought mostly Wind Damage. Right now whats going on is 140mileanhour winds well inland. Thats pretty strong. And, you know, roofs are coming off of these buildings and houses well inland. Still with 140mileanhour winds, theres a lot of damage left to be seen. And todd, give us a sense of the status of your operations right now. What will your team do . What will your teams do when they fan out across this area as soon as its safe to do so . You know in louisiana, we have a lot of guys that are commercial fishermen in these areas. Some of them stayed down there to be with their boats. They figured if the boat goes down, then they just dont want to be around anymore. Right now were getting word from them whats going on. The winds are still too high to do any kind of serious rescue operations. Right now were just kind of gathering facts. We have a few people that are Hunkering Down because the weather is really, really bad there. Were expecting to start doing some rescues and recoveries starting around dark which will really pose a problem because of all the debris in the road. Right. With the winds as intense as they are. Many of these roads may be impabl. You may have trees down all over the road and have to take alternate routes to get to people in trouble. Todd, that sounds like a long night for you and your team. 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Lets check in with Ed Lavandera who joins us from Baton Rouge. Ed, i know it looks okay where you are right now. But because of the slowmoving nature of this hurricane, it may be a few hours before it gets to you. I can just tell you from talking to your colleagues in the field, it is just vicious when it arrives. Yeah, so the real big question, jim, that remains the rest of the day is just how much Strength And Force will this hurricane lose as it comes further inland. But regardless of how much force it loses in terms of Wind Speed and that sort of thing, this will still be a major concern of flooding and rain, not just today, jim, but over the next couple of days because whats going to happen is that this hurricane is going to push inland. Go north of where we are and then all of that Rain And Floodwater has to come rushing back toward the gulf of mexico. And that is why flooding is going to be a major concern here in the next couple of days as those floodwaters begin to recede. But right now we are in the midst of bracing ourselves for this hurricane as it starts to push farther inland. And people who have been staying and did not heed those evacuation warnings, we spoke with one gentleman, ronald dufrane. Hes on a 100foot Shrimp Boat called the mr. Jug. Hes in a Little Town called laffit. I spoke with him a little while ago. He and his wife are riding out the storm on that Shrimp Boat. Theyre holding up okay but they can sense the disaster unfolding all around them. How worried are you about how bad things are around you once this Storm Passes . Well, im worried about the damage its done to my community. Like i say, i tell my family all the time and everybody else that tells me that i need to leave. I feel comfortable here. You know, i feel safe here. And on the boat. I know my community took a beating. I mean, i seen transformers Blow Up on the other side of the bayou from right here. And jim, he has been able to communicate with several friends basically doing the same thing and riding out the storm on their boats. He says theyve been recording some staggering Wind Gusts in the last few hours, jim. Im sure, ed. I hate to say it but i wish he wouldnt be riding out the storm on a Shrimp Boat but you and i both know, having traveled those parts, youre not going to talk some of those captains out of abandoning ship no matter how big the storm is. We hope they stay safe and you as well, ed. Ed lavandera there for us in Baton Rouge. Great report there. Our special Hurricane Coverage continues right after this. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Mm. [ clicks tongue ] i dont know. I think they look good, man. Mm, smooth. Uh, they are a little tight. Like, too tight . Might just need to break em in a little bit. You dont want em too loose. For those who were born to ride theres progressive. With 24 7 roadside assistance. Okay. Think im gonna wear these home. Excellent choice. 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This monster of a storm just continues to terrorize houma. This wind thats been coming through here has taken with it trees. Weve seen uprooted trees, downed power lines. Reports coming in of damages to structures in the area, as well. But impossible to gauge how bad the damage is with all of this swirling around us. And Emergency Crews unable to get out there with all of this to assess exactly whats happening. But we can tell you that initially we thought the eye of the storm would pass over us. Now it appears the eye of the storm is going to pass just to the east. So were not going to even get a break from all of this at any point. Were just going to get the continued amount of wind that is continuing to come through here. Emergency crews saying that they are leaving it at this point in Mother Natures hands. Thats all they can do to wait this storm out. They are waiting it out at a secure location next to the courthouse. A solid Brick Structure. We are next to a Brick Structure here as well. They are going to be getting out later on this evening, trying to get out and assess the damage. But for now, all they can do, all we can do is wait. I dont know if you can see behind here, were trying to give it light so you can see whats been happening out here. Weve seen some waters here starting to rise. Not severe flooding by any stretch of the imagination but some. Its really a Wind Event that were experiencing here in houma more than anything. It is howling through here and has been pounding and howling through here for the past two hours or so. Its really unlike anything ive experienced. As you know, jim, ive been through two hurricanes. Category 5 hurricanes in the past. And this feels nothing like it. Again, what were being told is its because the eye of the storm is moving to the east so were just getting the edge of it. Constant battering with this wind. And it doesnt look like its going to be letting up any time soon. Jason, were seeing some activity among Weather Experts who were discussing this. The experts discussing this talking about the nature of the Eye Wall. And it sounds like the intense nature of this Eye Wall is whats contributing to what you are seeing in houma. Youll not get a break as the eye does not appear to be on track to pass over houma which means your area in houma, louisiana, will continue to get battered until this storm starts moving to points north. Places like where Ed Lavandera is in Baton Rouge. Not really seeing the effects of it right now and our viewers should know as were talking to jason, he has been there for hours and hours in these kind of conditions. Jason, what is happening in the area around where you are . I see a hotel behind you with cars. It looks like there are people staged to do something after this is over, start Cleaning Up . Right. These Churning Winds have just been coming through here. Thats a hotel behind us. Our hotel behind that downed tree that you can see that just went down a short while ago. The entire area is without power. And the trees surrounding the hotel, many of those trees uprooted, falling on cars, et cetera. Thats minor damage. What were hearing about coming in now are damage to structures. Thats whats Emergency Crews are really going to be worried about. Downed power lines. Damage to structures. High 56 which leads out to a more remote area in this parish, getting out there to those homes, those people who decided not to evacuate. Thats going to be where the trouble comes in as this Storm Passes. Jim . All right, jason. Great work out there. You and your crew stay continue to stay safe. Well get back to you as soon as we can. Our special coverage of Hurricane Ida continues right after this. As you look at live pictures of New Orleans. Well check in there. All parts of louisiana as we can throughout the hour and the hours ahead. Ida is Wreaking Havoc in louisiana. 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Are there characteristics of that Eye Wall making this storm particularly vicious . You said it exactly correct. From a meteorological perspective, im seeing those meso vortexes. This is a healthy hurricane, even though were continuing to move on land. Places like houma could still see Wind Gusts of 130 miles an hour. K kennar at the airport youre still getting Hurricane Force Wind Gusts and look how far away you are from the center. What advice do you have for those folks in the path of the storm . People may be tempted to go outside. This is moving so slowly, people have to resist those temptations at this point . I was thinking about the words to use at this time. We cant let our guard down just because we made landfall. Were just starting with this. Thats going to bring some of these winds close to Baton Rouge up to hammond. You have Outer Rain Bands and Eye Wall bands that are going to produce horrible damage. The slower you move look at these rain bands. Even though the individual cells are moving fast, notice theres no eastwest movement. All of this rainfall is going to start really piling up. I was noticing those nasty outer bands stretching all the way over to pensacola on the florida pan handle. I know forecasters were saying this storm could render parts of louisiana uninhabitable in the days to come. As you look at the storm as it crashes into louisiana right now, is this worse than what you anticipated because its Moving S Slowly . Yeah. Looking back at our forecast, we were predicting days ago this rapid intensification which occurred last night. Then we talked about it slowing down once it made landfall. They always slow down. Every time you have a movement change, you start turning north and back to the northeast. They slow down. Thats whats happening. We did expect this, but the real takeaway is were just so far from done. This Storm Surge just another big reminder. Were not done with the Storm Surge. 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Its taken a lot to get to this moment. Grew up at midnight the maccabees dreams are on the line. You got this. Refresh. It all, comes down, to this. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. Hurricane ida is far from over as it Pummels Louisiana as a category 4 storm. Were talking about winds of