![]() “Typically, a Category 4 storm could mean three plus weeks before refineries are back to normal operations, while offshore production is more likely to resume this week.”Ĭolonial Pipeline - which memorably shut down in May after a ransomware attack - shut down two lines that run from Houston to Greensboro, N.C. “Until the power is restored, it’s too early to know the full impact of any damage Ida caused on the oil and gas industry, but motorists regionally can expect price fluctuations leading into Labor Day weekend,” said AAA spokesperson Jeanette McGee said in a release. refining capacity offline, AAA estimates: There were nine oil refineries in its path, and at least four preemptively paused their operations. could feel some effects of the storm when they go to fill up their tanks in the days ahead. While the damage is most acute there, motorists across the U.S. ![]() Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in Louisiana and Mississippi, and outages could last for more than a month in parts of the region. bore "out of order" signs during the Colonial Pipeline shutdown in May. One thing that's different now than in 2005: We know more about how climate change creates the conditions for monster storms like Ida.ĪFP Gas pumps at this station in Hollywood, Calif. Even though much of New Orleans the city was able to rebuild, the storm left some survivors with long-term post-traumatic stress. ➡️ Read more on the 2005 storm's lasting human impacts here, from Member station WWNO. ![]() John Bel Edwards said Monday he expects the death toll to rise "considerably."ĭuring Katrina, as the city sank into chaos, Washington bungled the response. It's too early to tell what the toll from Ida will be - crews are still surveying the damage - but at least one person is reported to have died. Katrina was the costliest storm in history it caused over 1,800 deaths and $100 billion in damage. In the years since Katrina, the federal government has changed how it builds levees, updating them to try to prevent another disaster. During Katrina, the federally built levees and floodwall system failed, and 80% of New Orleans was inundated with catastrophic flooding. But part of what made Katrina so destructive was what its winds did: They pushed a mountain of 20- foot storm surge ahead of it into Louisiana. Ida's winds reached 150 mph compared to 125 mph during Katrina. Weather-wise, Ida was actually stronger by some measures. Preliminary reports seem to show the levees and floodwall did hold during Ida. “All you have to do is go back 16 years and you kind of get a glimpse of what that could’ve been like.” “The situation in New Orleans, as bad as it is today without the power, would be so much worse,” Edwards said. “We’re going to be getting information throughout the day that I fully expect the confirmed death total to go up considerably,” he added.ĭowned power lines and fallen trees in the roads have hampered search and rescue efforts, Edwards said, which are ongoing.īut he added that the levee system held up better than it did during Hurricane Katrina, which occurred 16 years ago to the day. John Bel Edwards in an interview with NBC’s Today Show this morning. They’re not yet confirmed, and I really don’t want to go there,” said Gov. “I don’t want to tell you what I’m hearing, because what I’m hearing points to a lot more than that. ![]() One person is confirmed dead after Ida swept through Louisiana over the past day, but the state’s governor says he expects the death toll will rise “considerably” in the coming hours. AFP A truck drives through high water near Highway 61 in Destrehan, La., on Monday after Hurricane Ida made landfall.
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