#Aftermath of hurricane ida generator
She was able to fill up five gas cans after a six-hour wait and will use them to power a generator she’s sharing with eight neighbors. Thomas’ roof was blown off of her house in Marrero. Everywhere we go, super long lines for gas.” I feel like we shouldn’t be in this predicament right now,” Thomas said. In Kenner, the largest city in neighboring Jefferson Parish, hundreds of people, like Heidi Thomas, waited for hours in the heat to fill up gas cans on Wednesday
Gas lines are long everywhere, even as far as 90-minutes outside of New Orleans. People stuck in and outside of the city are desperately searching for gas to power their generators or fill up their cars so they can leave. Those cooling centers can only do so much to fulfill residents’ needs, however. They stayed through the storm because they didn’t have gas and their van was broken, Sept. Shameka Joseph and her son, Sir Phillip Joseph, sit on the front steps of their home in Treme. Some of them have meals to give out as well. The City of New Orleans opened about eight generator-powered cooling centers mid-week to give residents a place to cool down and charge their electronic devices. Many of those people are still sticking around to wait for life to go back to normal. ‘We Shouldn’t Be In This Predicament Right Now’Īs the heat beats down on the city, over 80% of people are still without power as of Thursday.
Because I did not want them to go through what I went through during Katrina,” Joseph said.
They didn’t have the money, the gas, or family connections to get out of dodge. Some people say they stayed behind because they didn’t want to leave their belongings unguarded, or they felt they could ride out the storm.īut many in the city, like Joseph, didn’t have a choice. Given 2020 census estimates, that’s about half the city’s population. But they find ways to cope, like riding a bike or playing with a neighborhood dog, September 1, 2021.Īccording to city officials, around 200,000 people stayed behind in New Orleans during Hurricane Ida. The Joseph children stayed during Hurricane Ida and said it was tough on them.
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