Hurricane Ida: What It'll Take for New Orleans to Restore Power
55 years ago

Hurricane Ida: What It'll Take for New Orleans to Restore Power

Wired  

Two days after Hurricane Ida tore through, New Orleans and its surrounding area remain almost totally without power. In addition to driving around to check equipment along every inch of local power lines, crews also assess failures and damage at power plants, voltage transformer stations, and substations. Main transmission lines make up the backbone of a power grid, conveying high-voltage electricity over long distances to connect electric generation sites like power plants with the substations that feed local power lines to customers. Entergy says it is also exploring the possibility of using local generators to feed power lines directly without the need for a fully operational transmission system. “The damage from Hurricane Ida has eliminated much of the redundancy built into the transmission system, which makes it difficult to move power around the region to customers,” Entergy said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Hurricane blackouts: New Orleans' 'lighthouse' solution to keep the power on through floods and high winds
5 months ago

Hurricane blackouts: New Orleans' 'lighthouse' solution to keep the power on through floods and high winds

BBC  

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No power, no home since Hurricane Ida, but big power bills
3 years ago

No power, no home since Hurricane Ida, but big power bills

Associated Press  

— Louisiana residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Ida or have not had power since the late-August storm tell a newspaper the power company is still billing them for hundreds of dollars a month. Those bills could be for electricity and gas used before Ida hit on Aug. 29, and bills always include other costs such as fuel adjustments …

Two Weeks After Hurricane Ida, Tens Of Thousands in Louisiana Are Still Without Power
3 years, 3 months ago

Two Weeks After Hurricane Ida, Tens Of Thousands in Louisiana Are Still Without Power

NPR  

Two Weeks After Hurricane Ida, Tens Of Thousands in Louisiana Are Still Without Power Enlarge this image toggle caption Frank Morris/NPR Frank Morris/NPR GALLIANO, La. The neighbor couple and their young daughter have moved into the kid's room "Grandma sleeps in the couch and her son sleep in the recliner," says Lopez of her neighbor's mother and grandson. Enlarge this …

Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later

Associated Press  

— Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn’t have power Tuesday and more than half the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel nine days after Hurricane Ida slammed into the state, splintering homes and toppling electric lines. John Bel Edwards said while there had been much progress …

Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says

CNN  

CNN — Damage to power poles from Hurricane Ida across two states was greater than that caused by Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, according to Entergy, which provides electric service to more than 1 million customers in Louisiana. “Our crews are encountering massive damage – particularly in the hardest-hit areas,” Entergy Louisiana Vice President of Distribution Operations John Hawkins …

New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida
3 years, 4 months ago

New Orleans: Seniors left in dark, hot facilities after Ida

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Officials in New Orleans will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida after finding people living in buildings without working generators, which left residents trapped in wheelchairs on dark, sweltering upper floors, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday. Crews in Louisiana have restored power to nearly 70% of greater New Orleans …

Hurricane Ida turns spotlight on Louisiana power grid issues
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida turns spotlight on Louisiana power grid issues

Associated Press  

Power out, high voltage lines on the ground, weeks until electricity is restored in some places: The dismal state of power in Hurricane Ida’s wake is a distressingly familiar scenario for Entergy Corp., Louisiana’s largest electrical utility. “But I am mindful that we just had the strongest hurricane, at least tied for the strongest, that the state has ever experienced.” …

Louisiana grapples with power outages as Ida death toll rises
3 years, 4 months ago

Louisiana grapples with power outages as Ida death toll rises

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of thousands remain without power in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida brought extreme winds, flooding to US state. Still reeling in the wake of Hurricane Ida, people in the US state of Louisiana now face the challenge of finding generators or fuel to power them amid continuing power outages, as one energy company warned that it could take weeks to …

Flights resume, some power restored in New Orleans after Ida
3 years, 4 months ago

Flights resume, some power restored in New Orleans after Ida

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Commercial flights resumed in New Orleans and power returned to parts of the business district Thursday, four days after Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast, but electricity, drinking water and fuel remained scarce across much of a sweltering Louisiana. “This isn’t our first rodeo, but it’s our worst rodeo,” Kirt LeBouef said, wiping away tears as …

Hurricane Ida carves path of destruction across Louisiana | See Photos
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida carves path of destruction across Louisiana | See Photos

India Today  

Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are facing a new danger: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power grid, leaving the entire city of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when power would return. A news crew reports on …

AP PHOTOS: Rescues, power outages in aftermath of Ida
3 years, 4 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Rescues, power outages in aftermath of Ida

Associated Press  

Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are facing a new danger: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power grid, leaving the entire city of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when power would return. Cyclists pedal through knee-deep water …

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Ida’s floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in, after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling, late-summer heat. John Bel Edwards, said that given the level of destruction, “We’re going to have …

EXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to New Orleans, leaving the entire city without electricity as the powerful storm pushed through on Sunday and early Monday with winds that reached 150 miles per hour. “Transmission lines are very fragile in New Orleans,’' said Logan Atkinson Burke, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable …

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. Officials said Ida’s swift …

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

India TV News  

Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm hit on the …

Hurricane Ida sequel to 2005's Katrina, but stronger & smaller | Explainer
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida sequel to 2005's Katrina, but stronger & smaller | Explainer

India Today  

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. The main story with Ida will be a combination of wind, storm surge, and fresh water flooding damage,” said meteorologist Jeff Masters, who flew hurricane missions for the government and founded Weather Underground. “And, the worst of the …

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

India Today  

Hurricane Ida plowed into Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico as a fierce Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the shoreline under several feet of water. Power was knocked out Sunday night to the entire New Orleans metropolitan area with the failure of all eight …

As Ida Weakens, More Than 1 Million Gulf Coast Homes And Businesses Are Without Power
3 years, 4 months ago

As Ida Weakens, More Than 1 Million Gulf Coast Homes And Businesses Are Without Power

NPR  

As Ida Weakens, More Than 1 Million Gulf Coast Homes And Businesses Are Without Power Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images A massive relief effort is underway across the Gulf Coast following the worst of Ida's tear through the region, as the storm has knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses …

Hurricane Ida pummels US state of Louisiana
3 years, 4 months ago

Hurricane Ida pummels US state of Louisiana

Al Jazeera  

Powerful Hurricane Ida has battered the southern US state of Louisiana and plunged New Orleans into darkness, leaving at least one person dead 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. President Joe Biden, who described Ida as “a life-threatening storm”, declared Louisiana a disaster area. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Ida could be the most …

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