Dark. The entirety of the parish went out. Theres still isolated places with generators and the turbines are still operating to operate the pumps but the entire parish of orleans went out in terms of power being provided there. Now, the first deaths from the hurricane was reported in just the last hour, a person killed by a falling tree. Ida made landfall sunday as a powerful category 4 storm, Slamming Ashore On The 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrinas landfall. It has now, as we speak, weakened to a category 2. But the winds, the Flash Flooding, the Storm Surges are all still major concerns. There are also worries for the folks in grand isle, a small Barrier Island which has completely lost contact with local authorities. Weve lost contact with grand isle, so that is the Island Right on the Gulf Of Mexico that ive been very, very concerned about. We lost contact with them. Weve not been able to reach them. I dont know what theyre going through. And then closer up here, still outside
Towson swimmer Brian Benzing has an opportunity to do something no Towson athlete has done: advance past the preliminary heats in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Every Olympian has their own answers to the question "Why?" Why do they train? Why do they compete? Why is it important to represent the United States?