PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

>>: THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IT TO INSURE OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B AND RUTH B ZIGGER FOUNDATION AND THE ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL.

FOCUSES ON LOUISIANA ARTIST AND HISTORICAL AND CULTURE CENTER FOR SOUTH WEST LOUISIANA.

AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

GRAND ISLE I PRY PRAY IT COMES BACK.

>>: THE PAIN OF A PARDICE LOST.

>>: I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN TAKE.

>>: LOUISIANA HEALTHCARE WORKERS PUSHED TO THE BREAKING POINT.

>>: WE HAVE TO START NOW TO PRESERVE.

>>: UPGRADES TO FIGHT STORMS OF THE FUTURE.

>>: YOU'RE SITTING HOME AND NOT DOING NOTHING YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU ARE VOLUNTEER TO HELP.

>>: AND ANDEE SPEAKS WITH GENERAL HON RAY.

>>: MUCH OF OUR STATE LIES IN RUIN.

MADE LANDFALL SUNDAY NEAR GRAND AISLE AND A PATH OF DETRUCKS.

IDAEAN FOR GIVING WINDS WILL LEAVE MANY HOMES WITHOUT WATER AND FOOD.

JOBIDEN VISITED THE STATE TO SURRAY THE DAMAGE.

A GOOD LOOK OF LAPLACE LAFET AND GRAND ISLE AMONG OTHER PLACES.

HUNDRED FIFTY MILES AN HOUR MATCH LAURA A YEAR AGO.

THE WORST STORMS TO HIT LOUISIANA SINCE 1856.

ALMOST EVERYONE IN ADA PATH HAS TAKEN A HIT INCLUDING MANY OF US HERE IN LPB.

PROBLEMS FROM THE STORM KEPT ANDRE FROM MAKING IT BACK HERE.

>>: KIER AS AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANEIDA THE STATE AND THOSE IMPACTED HAVE HAD TO AD-LIB THEIR LIVES AND FIGURE OUT MOMENT TO MOMENT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE.

THIS STORM HAS TOUCHED SO MANY THINGS INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT.

NO REAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT BUT HARD HIT BECAUSE NO AIR CONDITIONING POWER LIMITED AND ON GENERATOR.

NO WATER.

THAT MEANT ALL THE FACILITIES COULD NOT BE USED.

IT ALSO KEPT FLIGHTS FROM COMING IN AND THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU DOING THIS BY ZOOM BECAUSE I'VE BEEN UNAIBLE TO GET BACK INTO LOUISIANA ON A FLIGHT TO NEW ORLEANS.

SO WE'RE AD-LIBBING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE STILL BRINGING YOU THE COVERAGE OF LOUISIANA THE STATE WE'RE IN SWI.

AND WE'RE DOING IT THE BEST WE CAN.

SO BEAR WITH US.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU.

>>: THE ROAD TO RECOV ORRARY IS JUST BEGINNING.

MANY PEOPLE STILL IN THE DARK WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.

ENERGY DOES HAVE AN IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE HOWER UP AND RUNNING ININ SOME PARTS OF THE STATE.

ESTIMATING NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE AND OTHER PLACES COULD SEE THE POWER.

THESE DATES CAN STILL CHANGE.

JUST A GUESSTIMATE LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING COULD BE BACK ON EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NOW TO OTHER NEWS MAKING HEAD LINES ACROSS THE STATE.

>>: A SLIDELL MAN SURVIVEDIDA WAS WAS NO MATCH FOR A LARGE ALLIGATOR.

RIPPED OFF HIS ARM.

MANAGED TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE WATERED AND WENT TO GET HELP WHEN HE RETURNED HER HUSBAND WAS GONE.

HE IS EPRESERVED ZOOM.

GRAND ISLE WAS HARDEST HIT BIDEDDA.

IN LAND TOOK A MAJOR BEATINGISM DAMAGE A EVERYWHERE.

DUNSTAN TAIN STREET LOOKS LIKE RUBBAL.

TORE THROATHE CITY OF 33,000 WINDS UP TO HUNDRED FIFTY MILES PER HOUR.

THE BUTTEDDAL REALITY BETWEEN THE HAVE AND THE HAVE NOTS.

A HORRIFYING ERALITY.

ONE TERREBONNE PARISH COUPLE WITH NO HOME NO CAR AND NO PLACE TO EVACUATE HEBERT AND HER HUSBAND ROAD OUTIDA HUDDLED NAD BRIDGE.

WALKED 15 MILES TO HOUMA TO CATCH A BUS BUT THEY MISSED IT.

SHE SAYS SHE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DIE BUT HUNG ON PRAYED AND THROWED STORM OUT TO TELL HER STORAMOUNT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MILE LONG OIL SLICK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

THE ORAGE NAT FROM AN OFF SHORE RIGGISM ONE OF SEVERAL SPOTS WHERE PORT FACILITIES AND OIL REFINERIES ARE COMMON.

THE SYSTEM OF SEA WALL AND LEVIES PART OF NEW ORLEANS FROM THE SURGE OVIDIO.

WETLANDS PROVIDE NATURAL BARRIERS VITAL TO BLUNT IMPACT OF STORMS.

SINCE KATRINA AND RITA IN 2005 RESTORATION EFFORTS HAVE BECOME A PRIORITY AND THEY SAY REMAIN THAT FOREFRONT IN THE STATES EFFORT TO DEAL WITH STORM THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COME.

THINGS MAY NOT PLAY A HOME GAME FOR MONTH.

TULANE WITH OKLAHOMA MOVED TO NORMMAN AND OU CAMPUS.

LSU AGAINST UCL.

DESPITE THE PERILS OF HURRICANE COLLEGE AND PROFOOTBALL IS HERE FOR ANOTHER SEASON.

GRAND ISLE WAS THE FIRST AND HARDEST HIT BY HURRICANEIDA AND A FAMILY STORY NOW INVOLVES A CAMP THAT WAS DEMOLISHED WHICH WAS THE CAMP OWNED BY MY BROTHER IN LAW AND SISTER ONE MY FAMILY ENJOYED FOR MANY MANY YEARS.

UNCERTAIN WHAT WILL BECOME OF IT IN TERMS OF EVER BEING REBUILT.

BUT I TALKED TO TONY TAILOR WHO WAS PUBLISHER OF THE LOUISIANA SPORTSMAN NEWSPAPER AND A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY AND HERE ARE SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CAMP AND WHAT IT MEANT TO US.

>>: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THE PICTURES FROM GRAND ISLE AND FROM THE CAMP.

>>: GOSH, YOU KNOW.

I GOT PICTURE FROM GRAND ISLE THE DAY I RETURNED TO SEE MY HOUSE.

QUITE A DOUBLE REACTION I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY BECAUSE.

>>: YOUR HOUSE IS IN ST. CHARLES PARISH.

>>: CORRECT ST. CHARLES PARISH.

PROBABLY IABOUT FIVE OR 10 MILES FROM MY HOUSE.

MY WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESTROYED YOU JUST KEEP PUTTING 1 FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHERRISM THAT'S WHAT YOU DO RIGHT NOW.

>>: YEAH.

BUT THAT'S NOT SO EASY.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE THIS IN GRAND ISLE.

AND DESCRIBE FOR US WHAT GRAND ISLE MEANS TO THE FAMILY, YOUR WIFE, YOU, YOU AND YOUR WIFE HEADED UP LOUISIANA SPORTSMAN FOR HOW MANY YEARS, 30.

>>: 35.

>>: 35, OKAY.

VERY VERY SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATION AND IT BECAME MORE THAN THAT.

BUT GRAND ISLE IS SORT OF A CENTER PIECE OF THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION AND A MEETING PLACE FOR THE FAMILY, RIGHT.

>>: WELL, I MEAN MY FONDEST MEMBERS ARE FATHER BEING THERE TEACHING ME HOW TO FISH.

YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY A FISHING PLACE AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY OUTING FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL TIMES.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARNED EVERYTHING THERE.

YOU LEARNED HOW TO FISH, YOU LEARNED HOW TO COOK, HOW TO CLEAN.

THE EARLIEST DAYS WE HAD NO AIR CONDITIONER THERE.

YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS.

EIGHTF OUS AT A TIME THAT WAS FUN.

BUT WHEN THE WIND QUIET BLOWING AT NIGHT AND THE MUQUOTEOES CAME THROUGH A DIFFERENT NIGHT.

ESPECIALLY BABIES THERE.

WE RAISED FOUR CHILDREN THERE.

WE SPENT THE SUMMER IN GRAND ISLE.

JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE.

EPIPEN CENTER FOR THE SPORTSMAN, BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE OTHER THAN NEW ORLEANS AND DULACK AND ALL THOSE AREAS.

IT WAS ESPECIALLY FOR THE SPORTMAN I HAVE BEEN KIND OF IMINATING OUT OF GRAND ISLE BECAUSE WE FISHED A LOT THERE AND I TELL PEOPLE WE WERE WORKING.

WE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN LEARN TALK TO THE FISHERMAN AND TALK TO DIFFERENT FISHERMAN ALL THE TIMISM ALWAYS LEARNING.

THAT WAS OUR TRAINING GROUND FOR EVERYTHING.

GRAND ISLE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, I PRAY IT COMES BACK.

IT SUFFERED A LOT OF DAMAGE.

OURS IS A OLDER CAMP.

MY DAD MOVED TWO CAMPS THERE PROBABLY 45 YEARS AGO WHEN ANN WAS PROBABLY TEN YEARS OLDISM ACTUALLY PROBABLY FIFTY YEARS AGO.

AND TWO HOUMA CAMPS FOR 5,000-DOLLARS EACH AND BEACHFRONT LOT FOR TEN GRAND.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

>>: AND KEPT EXPANDING.

THREE STORY AN ONE SIDE.

MOREF A BEACH HOUSE.

>>: YEAH.

WE ALWAYS CALLED IT A CAMP.

>>: YEAH.

>>: ITS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE THE IONIC THING ANN PASSED AWAY 18 MONTHED AGO.

WE WERE THERE AUGUST 6th WAS HER BIRTH DAY AND SHE WAS 59.

MYSELF ALL THE KIDS AND OUR GRAND KIDS.

>>: TALKING ABOUT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

>>: WHATEVER THAT TIME FRAME IS MAY BE THREE WEEKS AGO NOT REALLY SURE.

BUT REALLY ESPECIALLY WEEKEND I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THAT WEEKEND WHERE WE COULD ALL BE TOGETHER.

IT WAS HER BIRTH DAY GOT TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTH DAY.

>>: SEEMS SURREAL THAT PLACE IS NOT THERE NOW.

NOT ONLY NOT THERE THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT WERE DAMAGED.

GONE COMPLETELY.

SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING THAT LARGE COULD BE SUDDENLY NOT THERE.

>>: YEAH.

WE WERE ONE OF THE OLDER CAMPS.

THE NEW REGULATIONS 16-FOOT PROBABLY WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

BUT WE WEREN'T.

RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE BEACH.

THE MOST WONDERFUL VIEW EVER.

HELL COPSTERS FLY OVER YOU CAN SEARCH ON THE INTERNET NAT ARE QUITE TELLING.

>>: RIGHT.

TAKE CARE, LOVE YOU AND TALK TO YOU REAL SOON OKAY.

>>: THANK YOU BROTHER.

TAKE CARE.

>>: BYE BYE.

WE'LL HAVE MORE HURRICANE COVERAGE BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF TRAUMA YOU PROBABLY DON'T ASSOCIATE WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

PROVIDERS ARE DRONING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF COVID AND THAT WAS BEFOREIDA TONIGHT WE BRING YOU THE FIRST PART OF A SPECIAL REPORT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PEOPLE WE COUNT ON NEED HELP THEMSELVES.

>>: BATON ROUGE GENERAL HOSPITAL IS IN THE HEART OF LOUISIANA COVID OUT BREAK.

ITS HOLD THE TITLE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COVID CATIONS IN THE COUNTRY FOR MONTHS.

>>: WE'RE GOING INTO THE COVID 19 WARD AT BATON ROUGE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO EXPAND THE COVID WARD SIX DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>>: WITH THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADING FAST THE STAFF ARE AT THEIR BREAKING POINT.

>>: I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN TAKE OF THE DEATH.

IT'S REAL.

AND WE'RE REACHING A POINT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GO OKAY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU GUYS.

>>: DOCTOR JOHN SAYS THE STRESS IS REALLY AQUAT TO NURSES.

>>: THE NURSES WILL SPEND 12 HOURS WITH ONE OR TWO PATIENTS AND WE RUN AROUND ALL DAY AND SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENT AND THEY SPEND A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THEM SO THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT IN WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILIES.

NOT SAYING WE DON'T.

BUT I SEE THEM BEING MORE VENERABLE WHEN SOMEBODY DIES IF THEY SPENT WEEKS WITH AND THEN THE THEY DIE ITS HARD TO SEE YOU KNOW.

I HAD A LOT OF NURSE BURN OUT.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF REALLY EXPERIENCED NURSES.

ALMOST NO NURSES THAT HAVE MORE THAN FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNTHIS ENVIRONMENT AND SO VALUABLE.

>>: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE INSIDE.

>>: YOU THINK THE ANXIETY THE NO SLEEPING THE CONSTANT WORRY, YOU KNOW.

DEPRESSION FROM WATCHING ALL THIS GO DOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS IT SEEMS.

YES YOU'RE TRYING TO PROCESS IT BUT YOU'RE NORMAL COUNSELOR YOUR NORMAL MEDICINE ISN'T ENOUGH TO THE ADDING IMPACT COVID HAS.

>>: FEELING ATECTS BOOK EXAMPLE OF TRAUMA WHEN MOST PEOPLE HEAR THAT WORD THEY THINK OF WAR VETTIANS OR INJURIES.

BUT IT ACTUALLY HITS HEALTHCARE WORKERS JUST THE SAME.

EXTREME STRESS AND SOMETIMES IT CAN REPLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN A NEVER ENDING CYCLE.

>>: WORK EVERY DAY BUT THE SYMPTOMS ARE STARTING TO MANIFEST IN OUR STAFF.

LIKE THE ANXIETY COMING IN OTHER FORMS.

GOING TO GET US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN DO THIS.

EVENTUALLY IT WILL TIRE US OUT PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY AND EMOTIONAL.

>>: WHENEVER YOU SAY MANIFESTING ITSELF IN PHYSICAL WAYS WHAT DO YOU ME KNOW.

>>: I MEAN LIKE PERSONALLY MY ANXIETY IS MANIFESTING HARD BURN OR STOMACH ACHE AND EVERY TIME A PATIENT STARTS TO DECLINE STOMACH ACHE STOMACH ACHE.

>>: AS A DOCTOR WITH EXPERIENCE GG DONE SEES TRAUMA IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS UP CLOSE.

HOLDS SEMINAR AT DIFFERENT HOSPITAL TO TEACH HEALTHCARE WORKERS HOW TO COPE WITH TRAUMA.

>>: SO WE ARE DESIGN AS YOU WELL KNOW TO HANDLING A SINGLE STRESSFUL EVEN.

WE WALK THROUGH HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.

>>: AFTER HURRICANEIDA HIT US TALK ABOUT HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND TRAUMA IS EVEN MORE RELEVANT ESPECIALLY D DONE WHO PLANNED TO BUILD A RETREAT CENTER IN HER PROPERTY.

>>: SO WHAT IS HOPS AS WE WELL KNOW OUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE AURAL TRAUMATIZES.

EXPERIENCING PROMMA MORAL INJURY AS A RESULT OF COVID.

WHEN YOU PUT A NATURAL DISASTER ON TOP OF SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY STRETCHED THEM TO THEIR LIMITS IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THE DEGREE OF TRAUMA THAT IT TRIGGERS AND ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSION LIVED THROUGH KATRINA THROUGH THE 2016 FLOODING.

SO IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING CAUSED IN HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ENVIRONMENTAL TRAUMA ON TOP OF THAT.

>>: IN 2020 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION THE PHYSICIAN SUICIDE COMPLETION RATE 44 PERCENT HIGHER.

DR.

DONE SECESHES THE PROTEGESSAL TO ESCALATE THE LONGER WE'RE UNTHIS PANDEMICM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HEALTHCARE WORKERS MAY NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN TRAUMA.

BUT DR.

DONE IS GETTING HEALTHCARE WORKERS HOPE WHERE THERE WAS NONE.

>>: I'M EXCITED FOR SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP US.

TO HELP US BE STRONGER.

BE BETTER COPING EVERY DAY.

PROCESS IT ALL.

I'M JUST EXCITED.

KIND OF LIKE SOMEBODY IS FINALLY SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>>: YES.

>>: I CRY ALL THE TIMISM ESPECIALLY ON THE REGULAR WITH COVID.

I'M EXCITED.

>>: THE EFFECTS TOMIA AND COVID ARE HAVING ON OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS THE GOOD NEW ARE SOLUTION.

NEXT WEEK HOW GG DONE IS HELPING MEDICAL STAFF HEEL.

STILL AHEAD HEAR FROM SENATOR BILL CASSIDY AND GENERAL HON RAY.

WE ARE HERE WITH SENATOR BILL CASSIDY ON THE GROUND IN LOUISIANA TOURING THE DAMAGE AND BILL YOU LOOKED AT A LOT OF AREAS YOU'VE SEEN A LOT IN YOUR LIFETIME SEEM A LOT OF DAMAGE.

HOW DOESIDA STACK UP TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.

>>: IN CERTAIN AREA AS BAD AS YOU'VE EVER SEEN.

LAFET FOR EXAMPLE AND THE DEVASTATION IS INCREDIBLE.

PLACES THAT ARE BEEN THREE TO FEET ABOVE WATER AT 1.8 FEET.

IN LAFET THEY BURY PEOPLE ABOVE THE GROUND.

A GRISTLE WAYING 1200 POUNDS ACCORDING TATTOO THE MAYOR WASHES ACROSS THE ROAD.

LIVINGSTON DOWN TO FRENCH CELTMENT TRANSFORMERS IN STANDING WATER WITH TREES ACROSS POWER LINESSISM MORE HOMES HIT BY TREES THAN HOMES NOT HIT BY TREES.

BY A BIG MARGIN.

>>: THE POWER LINES AND BATON ROUGE WHICH WAS NOT LARGELY HIT EXEXPLICATIONBY HAVING SOME OF THE WORST GETTING POWER BACK ON AND THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO MOST PEOPLE.

>>: WELL, WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP BATON ROUGE I THINK IS AUTOLESION ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT GREEN NOW ON THE MAP.

WHEN YOU GO TO LIVINGSTON AND ST. TAMMANY 99, 85 PERCENT STILL WITHOUT POWER.

THE BAYOU REGION THE BAYOU IS ALL RED ON THE MAP.

AND IF YOU LACK AT JP AND IF YOU LOOK AT MAKEMAN ST. BERNARD AND ORLEANS SO THEY'RE COMING BACK BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

WHEN I'M IN FRENCH CELTMENT THEY SHOWED ME A PLACE THEY HAD PUT THE POWER LINES BENEATH THE BAYOU 40 FEET BENEATH.

AND THAT POWER LINE OF COURSE WAS UNAFFECTED BY THE STORM.

NOW ITS OUT IN THE AIR A TREE ACROSS IT BENEATH THE BAYOU IN AFFECTED.

SO WE HAVE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WE'RE PUSHING TO HARDEN THE GRID.

THAT BAYOU IN FRESH CELTMENT SHOWED ME WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH THE SIS SIPE RIVER.

IF THEY HAD PUT THAT POWER LINE IN ST. CHARLES PARISH BENEATH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ST. CHARLES PARISH JP AND ORLEANS WOULD HAVE STILL HAD AN INFLUX OF POWER EVEN IF INDIVIDUAL HOMES WERE NOT POWERED UP.

>>: YOU HAVE BEEN JOIN SAID BY THE LOUISIANA DELEGATION TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY GETS TO THE PEOPLE QUICKLY ENOUGH FORIDA AND ITS IMPERATIVE.

IT ALSO BRINGS UP THE POINT OF LAURA.

DOESIDEA SOMEHOW HELP WHAT HAPPENED WITH LAURA AND THE FACT ITS DOING HORRIBLE STUFF A LOT OF DEATH IN THE NORTH SEASPEAK THE SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER RELIEF IS ON TOP OF THE MONEY UNITY WE RECEIVED FROM FEMA INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCEN ARMY CORP AND THAT WILL COME AT THE END TO HELP THOSE ISSUE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE DOLLARS ALREADY PREPROGRAMMED TO GO OUT.

I RECEIVED ASSURANCE THAT HURRICANE LAURA SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN AN UP COMING APPROPRIATION BILL NOW YOU TRUST AND VERIFY I RECEIVE THOSE ASSURANCES.

ON HURRICANEIDA LIKE TO THINK IT WON'T BE A YEAR AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE AGAIN THE NORTH EAST HAS BEEN AFFECTED IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE AN ACTATIVE HURRICANE SEASON.

MISSISSIPPI WAS AFFECTED.

ALABAMA WAS AFFECTED.

I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE A GREATER AWARENESS OF THIS AND WON'T BE THE SAME DELAY IN RECEIVING THAT SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER.

>>: I BELIEVE WHAT'S HAPPEN HERE ALSO GOES TO THE POINT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THE NEED FOR IT.

WOULD YOU SAY SO.

>>: ABSOLUTELY.

WE NEED TO START WORKING NOW FOR FUTURE HURRICANES TO MAKE THE GRID MORE RESILIENT.

BY THE WAY THERE'S ALSO 65 BILLION-DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY AMERICAN HAS ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERPRET.

WHY DO I SAY THAT BECAUSE NOW THE WAY WE GET OUR WARNINGS IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

>>: ALL RIGHT SENATOR CASSIDY THANK YOU SO MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AGAIN.

>>: THANK YOU.

>>: GENERAL HON RAY ONCE AGAIN DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS HAS HIT LOUISIANA.

WHAT DO YOU SEE YOUR ROLE AS BEING IN THIS.

>>: THE INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY OF REMINDING FOLKS WHAT'S REALLY AVAILABLE.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT OF ASSETS BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.

>>: OKAY.

>>: ITS A PULL SYSTEM NOT A PUSH SYSTEM.

ALSO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE WHO IN WASHINGTON CONGRESSAL MEMBERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS TO SHARE WITH THEM HOW THEY CAN ADD DEGREE OF SPEED TO THINGS TO GETTING ASSETS TO THE AFFECTED AREA.

FEMA ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY DO THEY'RE CONTROLLED BY SEVERAL COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS AND APPROVE THE FEMA RULES.

WELL ONE OF THEM IS YOU CAN NOT GET DISASTER ASSISTANCE IF THE ONLY FACTOR IS YOUR HOUSE IS WITHOUT POWER.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD ON PAPER, BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE ENTIRE GRID IS BROKE.

BECAUSE POWER IS RELATED TO THE REST OF THE GRID.

THE ABILITY TO GET WATER.

THE ABILITY TO FLUSH TOILETS.

THE PUMP STATION.

THE ABILITY TO USE THE INTERNET.

SO WE NEED SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES.

WHAT I FOUND IN KATRINA ONE OF THE FIRST THING YOU GOT TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHAT RULES YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK.

CAUSE THE RULES ARE NOT WRITTEN FOR THE DISASTERS WE FACE.

WE NEED TO PREREGISTER PEOPLE.

WHEN WE GO TO HURRICANE WATCH TO WARNING WE NED TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE SITH AT HOME AND YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNET GO AHEAD AND REGISTER.

>>: OKAY.

>>: YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL ALL OF THE ELECTRICITY IS GONE, THE INTERNET IS NOT WORKING AND THEN THEY START TELLING YOU YOU NEED TO REGISTER.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.

>>: GENERAL HON RAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>>: MAY I SAY THIS.

>>: YES, SIR.

>>: GOOD LUCK TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND IF YOU'RE SITTING HOME AND NOT DOING THING YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO HELP.

BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS SAVER A LOT OF LIVES IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS.

SO YOU GOT RED CROSS, YOU KNOWS WAY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.

FIND OUT IN YOUR CIRCLE HOW YOU CAN HELP AND LET'S MOVE AND HELP OUR PEOPLE.

>>: YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

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FOR EVERYONE AT LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING I'M CARA THANKS FOR WATCHING UNTIL NEXT TIME THAT'S THE STATE WE'RE IN.