fmr energy advisor to Pres @BarackObama Jason Bordoff (@JasonBordoff) Tweeted 12 hours ago

Electricity reliability matters in so many ways.

https://twitter.com/JasonBordoff/status/1432024105373605896?s=20

replying to the tweet

For New Orleans the biggest threat might end up being wind and power outages which then threaten the pumps that keep water out of the city. Surge looks to be contained behind the levees, now wait and see if rainwater can be pumped out.

10 hours later

Jason Bordoff @JasonBordoff · 2h 100% power outage in New Orleans. All 8 transmission lines that serve the city are down. And a major transmission tower that serves the city is evidently in the Mississippi River. Energy called the damage “catastrophic.”