My boyfriend rode it out and have some friends still there. The main transmission unit that powers all of New Orleans fell into the river. That’s why they think there isn’t going to be power for three weeks. The levees held, which is amazing. There is some flooding but it happened more on the Laplace area and some areas that typically flood. Something like 32 barges got loose and that created a ton of damage along the river. Grand isle, which is the are people were most concerned about, had a fly over (can’t get to them right now) and people had their thumbs up. The looting did start but that’s expected. Lots of roofs (hospitals, news stations, etc) flew off. Right now, everyone is figuring out damage mode. If interested, you can stream wwol radio or wdsu live.

EDIT: it was actually the power lines not the transmitter that fell in the river. This is much better news!

My boyfriend rode it out and have some friends still there. The main transmission unit that powers all of New Orleans fell into the river. That’s why they think there isn’t going to be power for three weeks. The levees held, which is amazing. There is some flooding but it happened more on the Laplace area and some areas that typically flood. Something like 32 barges got loose and that created a ton of damage along the river. Grand isle, which is the are people were most concerned about, had a fly over (can’t get to them right now) and people had their thumbs up. The looting did start but that’s expected. Lots of roofs (hospitals, news stations, etc) flew off. Right now, everyone is assess mode. If interested, you can stream wwol radio or wdsu live