Either pain on shore with everything that was advertised. The surge, the rain, the wind, all of our levee systems, particularly our federal levee systems and hurricane risk reduction systems performed magnificently. Having said that, the damage is still catastrophic.
Governor Edwards discusses the impact of Hurricane Ida on Louisiana, acknowledging both the performance of levee systems and the catastrophic damage caused by the storm.
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LDH inspectors visited the site and I will tell you, were expelled from the property and prevented from conducting the full assessment.
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Quite frankly, you know, I will be surprised -- not pleasantly surprised, but unpleasantly surprised if it actually is 30 days before we start to see power being restored.
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