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It’s not just the heat, as Southerners have explained for generations. It’s the moist, soupy, suffocating humidity. And this year the punishing conditions have been relentless.
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.