WEBVTT 00:00.233 --> 00:00.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: FOR AN UPDATE 00:00.933 --> 00:02.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER 00:02.266 --> 00:03.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HURRICANE IDA'S DEVASTATION IN 00:03.900 --> 00:05.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOUISIANA, NEWSHOUR COMMUNITIES 00:05.833 --> 00:07.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CORRESPONDENT ROBY CHAVEZ JOINED 00:07.466 --> 00:09.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% US FROM NEW ORLEANS EARLIER 00:09.033 --> 00:10.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TODAY. 00:10.700 --> 00:11.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROBY, LAST TIME WE SPOKE WITH 00:11.666 --> 00:14.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU, YOU WERE PREPARING FOR IDA, 00:14.200 --> 00:15.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND HERE YOU ARE NOW IN THE 00:15.866 --> 00:16.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AFTERMATH. 00:16.533 --> 00:18.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT'S THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN 00:18.066 --> 00:18.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIKE? 00:18.966 --> 00:19.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WELL, LOOK, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH 00:19.933 --> 00:20.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WEEK, YOU KNOW. 00:20.700 --> 00:23.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NO POWER, NO WATER, NO FOOD. 00:23.333 --> 00:24.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY TOUGH FOR A 00:24.866 --> 00:26.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR 00:26.366 --> 00:28.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOLKS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME 00:28.600 --> 00:29.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND LOW INCOME. 00:29.700 --> 00:30.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME 00:30.666 --> 00:32.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO TOWN YESTERDAY. 00:32.600 --> 00:33.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT BROUGHT SOME SMILES TO 00:33.800 --> 00:34.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOLKS. 00:34.266 --> 00:35.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND HE DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES; 00:35.533 --> 00:37.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE WAS A CONSOLER IN CHIEF. 00:37.200 --> 00:38.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS ON THE 00:38.800 --> 00:41.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GROUND, HANDHOLDING WITH FOLKS, 00:41.700 --> 00:42.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LISTENING TO THEM. 00:42.966 --> 00:44.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE ALSO BROUGHT SOME GOOD NEWS. 00:44.600 --> 00:46.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE TOLD THEM THAT FEMA WAS GOING 00:46.033 --> 00:48.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO PAY FOR THEIR HOTELS IF THEY 00:48.200 --> 00:49.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN. 00:49.533 --> 00:51.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HE ALSO GAVE A WARNING TO 00:51.500 --> 00:52.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSURANCE COMPANIES, SAYING, 00:52.633 --> 00:53.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE FINE 00:53.766 --> 00:55.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PRINT, JUST PAY OFF THOSE CLAIMS 00:55.533 --> 00:56.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AS THEY COME." 00:56.566 --> 00:57.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALSO BROUGHT RELIEF TO THE 00:57.633 --> 01:00.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 20,000 LINEMEN THAT ARE IN TOWN 01:00.166 --> 01:03.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TRYING TO FIX THE POWER HERE IN 01:03.066 --> 01:04.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. 01:04.866 --> 01:06.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN HOTELS 01:06.266 --> 01:08.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITHOUT WATER AND WITHOUT 01:08.000 --> 01:08.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELECTRICITY. 01:08.866 --> 01:09.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM UP 01:09.833 --> 01:12.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOW IN A CRUISE SHIP AND SET UP 01:12.566 --> 01:13.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OTHER SHELTERS. 01:13.400 --> 01:15.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THAT IMPORTANT WORK CAN 01:15.166 --> 01:15.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONTINUE. 01:15.766 --> 01:16.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: ROBY, WHERE ARE 01:16.500 --> 01:17.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU JOINING US FROM? 01:17.333 --> 01:18.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT'’’S BEHIND YOU, THERE? 01:18.233 --> 01:19.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WELL, WE'RE IN THE GREATER 01:19.066 --> 01:20.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEW ORLEANS AREA, AND THIS IS A 01:20.700 --> 01:21.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STRIP MALL, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME 01:21.866 --> 01:22.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF THE DESTRUCTION HERE. 01:22.933 --> 01:24.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT LITERALLY RIPPED THE WHOLE 01:24.433 --> 01:26.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SIDE OF THIS BUILDING DOWN. 01:26.500 --> 01:27.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT KIND 01:27.566 --> 01:28.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF DESTRUCTION-- THOUSANDS OF 01:28.900 --> 01:30.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POWER POLES DOWN ON TOP OF 01:30.600 --> 01:31.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOMES, SOME OF THESE 01:31.800 --> 01:34.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 300-YEAR-OLD TREES DOWN. 01:34.733 --> 01:36.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THERE'S A LOT TO BE 01:36.233 --> 01:37.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CLEARED OUT OF THE ROADS, WHICH 01:37.866 --> 01:39.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS MAKING IT CHALLENGING FOR 01:39.366 --> 01:41.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOME OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE 01:41.300 --> 01:43.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WORKING ON RESTORING THE POWER. 01:43.733 --> 01:44.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: WHAT'S THE FUEL 01:44.800 --> 01:45.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SITUATION LIKE? 01:45.833 --> 01:48.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I MEAN, GETTING THESE POWER 01:48.166 --> 01:50.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LINES UP MEANS THAT THERE HAVE 01:50.433 --> 01:53.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO BE GENERATORS IN THE INTERIM, 01:53.066 --> 01:55.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OR EVEN HOW THESE LINE TRUCKS 01:55.466 --> 01:57.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CAN GET TO THE PLACES THEY NEED 01:57.000 --> 01:58.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO GET TO. 01:58.033 --> 01:59.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YEAH, THAT IS PROBABLY THE 01:59.333 --> 02:01.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION RIGHT 02:01.200 --> 02:03.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOW, WITHOUT POWER, IS TO KIND 02:03.233 --> 02:05.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF GET FUEL IN THIS AREA. 02:05.800 --> 02:08.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME 02:08.133 --> 02:10.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SIX OF THE 16 REFINERIES WENT 02:10.500 --> 02:12.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DOWN DURING THE STORM, AND 02:12.000 --> 02:14.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT'’’S CAUSING A HUGE SHORTAGE. 02:14.066 --> 02:16.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GASBUDDY DID A CALCULATION JUST 02:16.000 --> 02:17.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. 02:17.066 --> 02:20.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOME 67% OF THE GAS STATIONS ARE 02:20.566 --> 02:21.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHUT DOWN. 02:21.500 --> 02:23.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, FOLKS 02:23.000 --> 02:24.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE WAKING UP VERY EARLY IN THE 02:24.466 --> 02:26.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MORNING TO STAND IN THESE LINES. 02:26.266 --> 02:28.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'’’S BEEN VERY, VERY HOT. 02:28.266 --> 02:29.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF HEAT 02:29.666 --> 02:31.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ADVISORIES, FEELING LIKE 105 02:31.766 --> 02:32.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DEGREES. 02:32.566 --> 02:33.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TEMPERS HAVE FLARED. 02:33.966 --> 02:35.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THERE HAVE BEEN FIGHTS AT GAS 02:35.400 --> 02:36.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STATIONS. 02:36.066 --> 02:37.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE'VE EVEN HAD ONE SHOOTING, 02:37.666 --> 02:39.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHERE A PERSON WAS KILLED. 02:39.333 --> 02:41.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE'RE HOPING BY MID-NEXT WEEK, 02:41.500 --> 02:42.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A LOT OF THE POWER WILL COME 02:42.800 --> 02:43.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BACK ON. 02:43.533 --> 02:45.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF 02:45.366 --> 02:46.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE PROBLEMS. 02:46.266 --> 02:47.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: HAVE PEOPLE WHO 02:47.300 --> 02:50.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HAD AN OPTION TO LEAVE, LEFT, 02:50.100 --> 02:51.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONSIDERING THAT, AS YOU POINT 02:51.866 --> 02:54.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OUT, SOUTHERN LOUISIANA IN THE 02:54.433 --> 02:56.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MIDDLE OF SUMMER CAN ALREADY BE 02:56.233 --> 02:57.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOT AND STICKY, BUT ESPECIALLY 02:57.866 --> 02:59.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BAD WITHOUT ANY AIR CONDITIONING 02:59.400 --> 03:00.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OR POWER FOR IT? 03:00.966 --> 03:01.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, THE BIG CONCERN IS 03:01.933 --> 03:03.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE ELDERLY AND THOSE FOLKS ON 03:03.966 --> 03:05.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FIXED INCOMES AND LOW INCOMES. 03:05.966 --> 03:07.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY 03:07.266 --> 03:07.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO GO. 03:07.666 --> 03:09.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO, THAT FEMA SUPPORT WILL 03:09.166 --> 03:10.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CERTAINLY HELP FOLKS KIND OF 03:10.466 --> 03:11.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GET THROUGH THIS TRANSITION 03:11.700 --> 03:14.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PERIOD UNTIL THE WATER IS ON AND 03:14.466 --> 03:15.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE POWER IS ON. 03:15.433 --> 03:17.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SENIORS 03:17.300 --> 03:18.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN HIGH RISES HERE IN NEW 03:18.966 --> 03:20.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ORLEANS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING 03:20.533 --> 03:21.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WITHOUT WATER. 03:21.633 --> 03:23.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD TO GO 03:23.000 --> 03:24.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN AND-- AND HELP THEM OUT. 03:24.533 --> 03:26.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SO, IT'S GOING TO BE A-- A TOUGH 03:26.133 --> 03:26.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TIME. 03:26.966 --> 03:29.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE EXPECT THAT NEW ORLEANS AREA 03:29.200 --> 03:32.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WILL GET POWER ON VERY SHORTLY. 03:32.233 --> 03:33.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT WE'RE ALONG THE COAST IN 03:33.900 --> 03:35.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, LAFOURCHE, 03:35.900 --> 03:37.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TERREBONNE, GRAND ISLE, SOME 03:37.366 --> 03:39.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 62% OF THE HOMES DOWN THERE ARE 03:39.566 --> 03:40.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DESTROYED. 03:40.066 --> 03:41.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE 03:41.733 --> 03:43.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO OR HOW 03:43.133 --> 03:44.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY'’’RE GOING TO REBUILD. 03:44.833 --> 03:45.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: ROBY, WHEN 03:45.466 --> 03:46.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 03:46.700 --> 03:48.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELDERLY, WHAT ABOUT THE NURSING 03:48.100 --> 03:49.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOMES IN THE REGION WHO HAVE 03:49.766 --> 03:51.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ALSO LOST POWER? 03:51.000 --> 03:52.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING? 03:52.733 --> 03:54.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE EXTREME 03:54.033 --> 03:56.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHALLENGES DURING THIS HURRICANE 03:56.233 --> 03:57.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WAS TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS 03:57.766 --> 04:00.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN NURSING HOMES TO A SAFE AREA. 04:00.233 --> 04:02.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WELL, SOME 800 FOLKS WERE HOUSED 04:02.900 --> 04:05.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN A MASS SHELTER, IN DEPLORABLE 04:05.833 --> 04:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CONDITIONS. 04:06.633 --> 04:07.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS WEEK, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 04:07.800 --> 04:09.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WENT IN, SHUT IT DOWN, AND HAD 04:09.400 --> 04:11.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO TRANSPORT A LOT OF THOSE 04:11.400 --> 04:12.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOLKS FROM-- ALL OF THE FOLKS TO 04:12.833 --> 04:14.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A DIFFERENT FACILITY. 04:14.166 --> 04:14.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 04:14.966 --> 04:16.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EXTREME CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS 04:16.933 --> 04:18.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP 04:18.300 --> 04:20.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AN EYE ON, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 04:20.266 --> 04:21.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHO HAVE SOME MEDICAL 04:21.200 --> 04:22.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CHALLENGES. 04:22.233 --> 04:22.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: I KNOW LAST WEEK 04:22.966 --> 04:24.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT YOUR 04:24.233 --> 04:24.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RELATIVES. 04:24.800 --> 04:26.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HOW DID THEY FARE THROUGH THIS? 04:26.500 --> 04:27.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> ME, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, 04:27.733 --> 04:29.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE I LIVE HERE, SPENT A 04:29.900 --> 04:31.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COUPLE OF DAYS WITHOUT PHONE, 04:31.233 --> 04:32.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITHOUT THE INTERNET, WITHOUT 04:32.366 --> 04:33.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ANY WAY TO COMMUNICATE, 04:33.700 --> 04:34.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. 04:34.766 --> 04:36.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, I DIDN'T HEAR FROM MY 04:36.466 --> 04:39.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FAMILY UNTIL MID-WEEK WHEN I WAS 04:39.000 --> 04:40.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABLE TO GO DOWN THERE ACTUALLY 04:40.100 --> 04:43.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH A CREW TO DO SOME SHOOTING. 04:43.233 --> 04:44.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY'RE DOING WELL, THEY'RE 04:44.200 --> 04:45.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SAFE, THEIR HOUSE IS INTACT. 04:45.800 --> 04:47.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT A LOT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE 04:47.100 --> 04:47.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HURTING. 04:47.733 --> 04:49.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART IS, YOU 04:49.066 --> 04:50.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA IN 04:50.066 --> 04:51.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THAT KIND OF 04:51.333 --> 04:52.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STAYS THE SAME, AND THAT BRINGS 04:52.766 --> 04:54.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOME COMFORT WHEN YOU GO HOME, 04:54.133 --> 04:54.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW? 04:54.500 --> 04:55.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOTHING CHANGES. 04:55.466 --> 04:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF KIND 04:57.533 --> 04:59.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF THE BUSY CITY LIFE, YOU CAN 04:59.000 --> 05:00.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GO HOME AND KIND OF JUST RELAX, 05:00.533 --> 05:03.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME. 05:03.366 --> 05:04.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 05:04.833 --> 05:05.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT ANYMORE. 05:05.900 --> 05:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: NEWSHOUR'S 05:06.633 --> 05:08.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ROBY CHAVEZ JOINING US FROM 05:08.066 --> 05:08.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEW ORLEANS TONIGHT. 05:08.866 --> 05:10.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THANKS SO MUCH. 05:10.033 --> 05:11.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> THANK YOU, HARI.