From Houma to New Orleans and beyond, Hurricane Ida plowed through Louisiana on Sunday.
With winds reaching 250 mph, it is the strongest storm to hit the state since the 1850s. Even the hurricane-ridden New Orleans people feared Ida.
So imagine how it would be for Dr. Sam Shi from Phoenix, a neurology fellow at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, who experienced its first hurricane.
“Fortunately, I am in a high-rise building in the central business district and within the dyke system, which this time worked wonderfully,” said Dr. Shi.
While downtown New Orleans did not experience the type of flooding that many parts of Louisiana did. The strong winds, torn off roofs, uprooted trees and traffic lights.
“I’ve seen significant damage to buildings,” said Dr. Shi. “Below me, a one-story brick building has been completely destroyed.”
New Orleans and most of its suburbs are without electricity.
Eight power lines were damaged or destroyed by the storm.
“At the moment we have no power. It’s pretty humid in NOLA in the summer, ”said Dr. Shi. “It’s a little inconvenience, you know. I’m just happy to make it through and hope that everyone else in New Orleans is as unspoiled and as safe as possible. “
Unfortunately, it may not be possible, Entergy, the electricity company that powers Louisiana, said it would take four days to assess the damage in the New Orleans area.
It will be months before electricity restores for everyone.
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