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Is it possible for utility companies to put most of their infrastructure underground to avoid lengthy power outages?
The extensive and lengthy power outages from Hurricane Ida have spurred talk of moving power lines below the surface and building an electrical grid system underground. Public Service Commission Chair...
Sep 07, 2021 Photo courtesy of Entergy
SNAP clients in 18 Ida impacted parishes to see increase in benefit to make up for food spoilage from power outages
SNAP recipients in 18 parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida will receive automatic additional benefits due to power outages that affected at least half the residents in the parish. Assistant Secretary fo...
Sep 06, 2021
FEMA offering $500 critical needs assistance to eligible Hurricane Ida survivors
FEMA is providing financial assistance to applicants with immediate or critical needs because they are displaced from their primary residence. Those needs include but are not limited to water, food, f...
Sep 06, 2021
LDH: The evacuation of seven nursing homes to warehouse to Tangipahoa was not executed properly
The Times-Picayune and The Advocate reports the Louisiana Department of Health approved Bob Dean's plans to evacuate as many as 700 nursing home residents to a warehouse in Independence, but L-D-H say...
Sep 06, 2021
LDH reports six deaths involving nursing home patients evacuated to facility in Tangipahoa, AG Jeff Landry launches his own investigation
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office is launching its own investigation into the deaths of several nursing home residents who were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish that ...
Sep 04, 2021
Sen. Cassidy says President Biden is committed to southeast and southwest Louisiana recovery
After the President's visit to Louisiana to tour devastation left in the path of Hurricane Ida, Senator Bill Cassidy said Biden has pledged assistance to both southeast and southwest Louisiana. "For d...
Sep 03, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Governor's Offfice
The future of hurricane recovery funding for southeast and southwest Louisiana
While southeast Louisiana is in dire need of power, fuel, and housing for displaced residents, it's been more than a year now for southwest Louisiana residents who still need permanent housing after h...
Sep 03, 2021
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser Seeking Donations, Volunteers For Ida Recovery
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is putting out a call for volunteers or donations to assist with storm recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ida. He's the leader of Volunteer Louisiana. We're star...
Sep 03, 2021 Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser
President Biden wants southeast Louisiana to build back better
President Joe Biden received a first-hand look at the devastation from Hurricane Ida in southeast Louisiana on Friday and met with state and local officials leading the response efforts. Biden pledged...
Sep 03, 2021
State Rep Magee Assesses Terrebonne Damage
The damage assessments keep coming in from Hurricane Ida, and the power of the storm is becoming clearer in descriptions such as this passed on by State Representative Tanner Magee of Houma. He says "...
Sep 03, 2021 Houma Representative Tanner Magee
