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    New Orleans-area residents entering day 8 without power following Hurricane Ida

    A week after Hurricane Ida made landfall, many parishes are still trying to pick up the pieces left behind by that powerful storm.POWER OUTAGESEntergy crews are working to get the lights back on in homes all across Louisiana. As of Sunday morning, more than 456,000 people are still in the dark. One of the areas most impacted continues to be Jefferson Parish, where nearly 148,000 people are still without power.Entergy did release maps of neighborhoods in the Parish detailing estimated power restoration times on the East and West Bank. Click here to view those maps.Meanwhile, Cleco has restored more than 85% of power to customers in St. Tammany Parish and 47% to those in Washington Parish. More than 97,000 customers lost power during the storm and more than 14,000 people are still without power Sunday morning. SENIOR LIVING FACILITIESEight more senior living apartments in New Orleans have been evacuated due to poor living conditions amid Hurricane Ida and at least five deaths are now under investigation.In an update issued Saturday, the city of New Orleans said the New Orleans Health Department continued post-Hurricane Ida wellness checks at the senior apartment complexes. Their checks deemed the facilities were “unfit for ongoing occupancy.””It saddens me to have witnessed the failure of these facility operators to adequately prepare and protect their residents in one of our greatest times of need. The New Orleans Health Department and our public safety partners are utilizing every available resource to continue responding to this disaster, and will assess and evaluate what legislation might assist with addressing this issue in the future,” said Dr. Jennifer Avegno, health department director.The complexes that were evacuated were:Peace Lake Towers in New Orleans EastSt. John Berchman in GentillySt. Martin Manor in the Warehouse DistrictDelille In in New Orleans EastNazareth Inn 1 & 2 in New Orleans East (one death reported)Flint Goodridge Apartments in Milan (two deaths reported)Christopher Inn in the Marigny (one death reported)OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANSResidents continue to face food, water and gas shortages while battling heat and humidity.Some parishes outside New Orleans were battered for hours by winds of 100 mph or more.Fully restoring electricity to some of these southeastern parishes could take until the end of the month, according to Entergy President and CEO Phillip May.Ida damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles, more than hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Delta combined, an impact May called “staggering.” More than 5,200 transformers failed and nearly 26,000 spans of wire — the stretch of transmission wires between poles — were down.By Saturday morning, power was restored to about 282,000 customers from the peak of 902,000 who lost power after Ida.Outside of Dulac, 45-year-old shrimper Jay Breaux stood in front of his home, snapped open by the storm. Breaux could see a bed exposed through a cratered wall and a lawn chair dangling from the debris. But he smiled widely, saying his family wasn’t doing as badly as others.“It don’t pay to cry about it,” he said of Ida, the latest storm to hit his small town along the bayou. “I got 10 or 12 of them things under my belt. But this one here is the worst.”At least 16 deaths were blamed on the storm in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In the Northeast, Ida’s remnants dumped record-breaking rain and killed at least 50 people from Virginia to Connecticut.HELP FROM UBER AND LYFTThe Mayor’s Office of Transportation has worked with Uber and Lyft to offer free rides for New Orleans residents who need to access critical resources.Lyft is offering two free rides up to $20 each to users now through Sept. 14. You must use the code IDARELIEF21 to access this offer.Uber is also offering two free rides up to $25 each for up to 1,000 residents to get specific storm-related resources. You must use the code IDARELIEF2021 to access this offer.Locations include the following, where food, water, supplies, and/or shelter transportation are being offered:Treme Recreation Center (900 N. Villere St)Cut Off Recreation Center (6600 Belgrade St.)Gernon Brown Recreation Center (1001 Harrison Ave.)Milne Recreation Center (5420 Franklin Ave.)Stallings St. Claude Recreation Center (4300 St. Claude Ave.)John P. Lyons Recreation Center (624 Louisiana Ave.)Joe W. Brown Recreation Center (5601 Read Blvd.)Rosenwald Recreation Center (1120 S. Broad Ave.)Joe W. Brown Park, (5475 Read Blvd.)Mahalia Jackson Auditorium, (1451 Basin St.)Skelly Park, (2515 Vespasian Blvd.)Wesley Barrow Stadium, (6500 Press Dr.)Life Transformation Community Center, (8606 Marks St.)Arthur Monday Center (1111 Newton St.)St. Roch Park (1800 St. Roch Ave.)Harmony Oaks (2514 Washington Ave.)McDonogh 35 (4000 Cadillac St.)

    A week after Hurricane Ida made landfall, many parishes are still trying to pick up the pieces left behind by that powerful storm.

    POWER OUTAGES

    Entergy crews are working to get the lights back on in homes all across Louisiana. As of Sunday morning, more than 456,000 people are still in the dark. One of the areas most impacted continues to be Jefferson Parish, where nearly 148,000 people are still without power.

    Entergy did release maps of neighborhoods in the Parish detailing estimated power restoration times on the East and West Bank. Click here to view those maps.

    Meanwhile, Cleco has restored more than 85% of power to customers in St. Tammany Parish and 47% to those in Washington Parish. More than 97,000 customers lost power during the storm and more than 14,000 people are still without power Sunday morning.

    SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES

    Eight more senior living apartments in New Orleans have been evacuated due to poor living conditions amid Hurricane Ida and at least five deaths are now under investigation.

    In an update issued Saturday, the city of New Orleans said the New Orleans Health Department continued post-Hurricane Ida wellness checks at the senior apartment complexes. Their checks deemed the facilities were “unfit for ongoing occupancy.”

    “It saddens me to have witnessed the failure of these facility operators to adequately prepare and protect their residents in one of our greatest times of need. The New Orleans Health Department and our public safety partners are utilizing every available resource to continue responding to this disaster, and will assess and evaluate what legislation might assist with addressing this issue in the future,” said Dr. Jennifer Avegno, health department director.

    The complexes that were evacuated were:

    • Peace Lake Towers in New Orleans East
    • St. John Berchman in Gentilly
    • St. Martin Manor in the Warehouse District
    • Delille In in New Orleans East
    • Nazareth Inn 1 & 2 in New Orleans East (one death reported)
    • Flint Goodridge Apartments in Milan (two deaths reported)
    • Christopher Inn in the Marigny (one death reported)

    OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS

    Residents continue to face food, water and gas shortages while battling heat and humidity.

    Some parishes outside New Orleans were battered for hours by winds of 100 mph or more.

    Fully restoring electricity to some of these southeastern parishes could take until the end of the month, according to Entergy President and CEO Phillip May.

    Ida damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles, more than hurricanes Katrina, Zeta and Delta combined, an impact May called “staggering.” More than 5,200 transformers failed and nearly 26,000 spans of wire — the stretch of transmission wires between poles — were down.

    By Saturday morning, power was restored to about 282,000 customers from the peak of 902,000 who lost power after Ida.

    Outside of Dulac, 45-year-old shrimper Jay Breaux stood in front of his home, snapped open by the storm. Breaux could see a bed exposed through a cratered wall and a lawn chair dangling from the debris. But he smiled widely, saying his family wasn’t doing as badly as others.

    “It don’t pay to cry about it,” he said of Ida, the latest storm to hit his small town along the bayou. “I got 10 or 12 of them things under my belt. But this one here is the worst.”

    At least 16 deaths were blamed on the storm in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In the Northeast, Ida’s remnants dumped record-breaking rain and killed at least 50 people from Virginia to Connecticut.

    HELP FROM UBER AND LYFT

    The Mayor’s Office of Transportation has worked with Uber and Lyft to offer free rides for New Orleans residents who need to access critical resources.

    Lyft is offering two free rides up to $20 each to users now through Sept. 14. You must use the code IDARELIEF21 to access this offer.

    Uber is also offering two free rides up to $25 each for up to 1,000 residents to get specific storm-related resources. You must use the code IDARELIEF2021 to access this offer.

    Locations include the following, where food, water, supplies, and/or shelter transportation are being offered:

    • Treme Recreation Center (900 N. Villere St)
    • Cut Off Recreation Center (6600 Belgrade St.)
    • Gernon Brown Recreation Center (1001 Harrison Ave.)
    • Milne Recreation Center (5420 Franklin Ave.)
    • Stallings St. Claude Recreation Center (4300 St. Claude Ave.)
    • John P. Lyons Recreation Center (624 Louisiana Ave.)
    • Joe W. Brown Recreation Center (5601 Read Blvd.)
    • Rosenwald Recreation Center (1120 S. Broad Ave.)
    • Joe W. Brown Park, (5475 Read Blvd.)
    • Mahalia Jackson Auditorium, (1451 Basin St.)
    • Skelly Park, (2515 Vespasian Blvd.)
    • Wesley Barrow Stadium, (6500 Press Dr.)
    • Life Transformation Community Center, (8606 Marks St.)
    • Arthur Monday Center (1111 Newton St.)
    • St. Roch Park (1800 St. Roch Ave.)
    • Harmony Oaks (2514 Washington Ave.)
    • McDonogh 35 (4000 Cadillac St.)

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