Two from NOLA.com. First up, the website:
911 system not working in New Orleans or Jefferson Parish after Hurricane Ida hits
And their Twitter feed:
A massive transmission tower collapsed into the Mississippi River during Hurricane Ida's impacts, knocking out power to all of New Orleans. A fix could take days or longer.
— NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) August 30, 2021
NOPD is deploying "anti-looting" officers due to the outage. Latest: https://t.co/XQcAkNofcp
