Please keep in mind that New Orleans received a glancing blow

[Ex Lurker]

While the lack of electricity will be a tremendous hardship, the city has relatively little damage. There are communities south and east of New Orleans that were literally wiped off the map. Everybody's heard of New Orleans, so they're going to get the attention, whether they need it or not. Nobody has ever heard of Galliano, Golden Meadow, Houma, and I fear they and many other communities will be forgotten.

[harumph]

1. Thank you for this info.

You're right NOLA gets the attention. Are you from that area?

[Ex Lurker]

3. I'm from Louisiana

thankfully my area wasn't affected but I have many friends in the region that was hit. I've been trying to contact them but there's no phone service.

[Mr. Evil]

4. I used to live in Baton Rouge.

My older sister lives there. No phone contact yet. I have several friends there. I lived there for about 25 years and experienced many storms, floods plus Katrina and Rita in 2005. That heat and humidity without air conditioning is brutal.

[Ex Lurker]

6. AT&T is down in large parts of the state

Verizon is working for the most part.

[LeftInTX]

2. Some of those communities were under mandatory evacuation

Yeah, their homes will probably be lost....

[BumRushDaShow]

5. So far it sounds like the new levies and repairs made to retaining walls since Katrina

held. There was over-topping in some areas due to the excessive rain and winds and obviously the electric infrastructure is severely damaged. But what happened with Katrina wasn't so much the hurricane itself, but the collapse of parts of the critical infrastructure that caused the flooding of the parishes and downtown and I think the concern of many of us was whether the repairs and additions that were done to the water-control infrastructure, were done correctly, and wouldn't fail again.

[Ex Lurker]

7. The big flood threat is from a storm on the east side

The levees held and that's great, but it wasn't a full test of the new system.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. However New Orleans was on the more damaging "east side"

(right front quadrant) of Hurricane Ida itself, so it was good to see that it held up to that.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

9. NO POWER for a whole city in the sweltering heat and humidity for days/weeks may be big story

[KatyaR]

10. My cousins lived in Houma for a few years

when I was a kid. I would have never known of it otherwise.

[OriginalGeek]

15. I used to do business with a trucking company

that was based in Houma or I would have never heard of it.

Of course, I only ever dealt with the local hub people here in Orlando but Houma was on all their paperwork.

[catbyte]

11. I keep worrying about the people that stayed on Grand Isle. I haven't heard anything about them.

[Ex Lurker]

16. They had the ride of a lifetime but all survived NT

[catbyte]

17. Thanks for the info!

They were very lucky. Thanks again.

[catrose]

12. Houma is right next to the Mandalay Wildlife preserve.

Between Houma and the land south of Lafayette is marshy; I've visited several wildlife preserves there.

I'm afraid for the people, afraid for the wildlife, afraid for the land.

[FakeNoose]

13. I'm of two minds

... Very concerned for the safety and well-being of my fellow Americans in southern Louisiana.

... Very puzzled as to why they continue living in the path of obvious danger. The Gulf Coast shores of Louisiana are maybe OK for summer vacation adventures, but little else. It's shoals, sand bars and swamps and they aren't worth dying for.

I do understand that New Orleans has history and culture, and it's a place worth saving. I'm talking about the flat coastal areas that stand no chance against a Class-4 hurricane.

[Sogo]

14. I couldn't agree more.

In fact, I'm in favor of a moratorium on building within certain distances of any coast line (different in different areas). Taxpayers shouldn't be required to foot the bill for re-builds in vulnerable areas.

[Ex Lurker]

18. It's the most important fishery in the United States and one of the mot important in the world

There's lots of oil and gas, as well as a lot of industrial plants. Most of it is site specific and can't be relocated. And all of it takes people. There's also a cultural aspect. Some of those communities are older and have deeper roots than New Orleans.

[Klaralven]

19. Photos: Hurricane Ida: First look at Port Fourchon, Pointe Fourchon, and more from Golden Meadow and

Photos: Hurricane Ida: First look at Port Fourchon, Pointe Fourchon, and more from Golden Meadow and Galliano

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/multimedia/photos/collection_cd76b366-0b67-11ec-8f40-7fa7e272859b.html#1

Caption for photo 6 -

Galliano's Eric Curole waits with his chihuahuas Trixie and Nadia, as La. Air Force National Guard Staff Sgt. Gregory Capers loads tarps, water and ready to eat meals for Curole on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 at Golden Meadow's Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church, after Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday.