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This week’s R&D is on Hurricane Ida. The category four hurricane made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday afternoon, knocking out power for one million residents and creating a great deal of damage in New Orleans. Thus far it has caused at least fifty deaths and more than $15 billion in property damage. Ida is the second-most powerful hurricane to hit Louisiana, trailing only Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
What saved human lives in Louisiana was real infrastructure. The low death toll in Louisiana this week is a revealing but cautionary American success story, writes @DanHenninger https://t.co/DSJPTzabQK
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) September 2, 2021
As many as 25,000 utility workers from 38 states are headed to Louisiana as part of a massive effort to restore power after Hurricane Ida https://t.co/sOea0gZ6Cq
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 2, 2021
Can Hurricane Ida move public opinion on climate change?https://t.co/GDVX8rqiRW
— TIME (@TIME) September 2, 2021
During Hurricane Ida, New Orleans was protected by a $15 billion levee system that the federal government rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. On the podcast Floodlines, Vann R. Newkirk II told the story of the unnatural disaster that followed after Katrina: https://t.co/wDVjsig7ax
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 2, 2021
As New Orleans police focus on anti-looting measures in the wake of Hurricane Ida, some residents hear echoes of Katrinahttps://t.co/GPAC1cyuFm
— TIME (@TIME) September 2, 2021
Central Park saw 3.15 inches of rain in a single hour on Wednesday night as the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept over New York City, smashing the previous one-hour record of 1.94 inches — set just over a week earlier, on Aug. 21 during Tropical Storm Henri. https://t.co/Nd8MHJ7htm
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 2, 2021
Storms have long battered Louisiana, but climate change is likely to be making things worsehttps://t.co/qF7jaOZHE9
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 2, 2021
US taps into reserve oil supply after Hurricane Ida https://t.co/IZtfL94lWg pic.twitter.com/wYPhqNUfDA
— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2021
Avoiding the worst of a disaster does not mean avoiding disaster. With the power out all across New Orleans after Hurricane Ida, schools are closed indefinitely and hospitals are working on generator power. https://t.co/JNd5zDwpPl
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) September 2, 2021
People who lacked the financial means or logistical ability to evacuate before Hurricane Ida struck are languishing in searing heat without running water, sanitation or transport https://t.co/A06uUlMTm7
— The Times (@thetimes) September 2, 2021