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Residents looking to leave New Orleans and stay at a state-run shelter can board RTA buses to the Convention Center at the following locations: Morial Convention Center where coach buses are positioned to take people to shelters in northern Louisiana and nearby states, including Texas. RTA buses will be used to transport people to the Ernest N. Residents that would like to evacuate should make their way to one of the city’s 12 pick-up sites starting tomorrow at 9 a.m., Arnold said. “We can do these things and we can continue to be resilient and survive these hurricanes without completely fleeing,” he said.Ĭity Prioritizes Transportation For Seniors “Evacuation will always be a part of what we do here for major hurricanes, but I think what you're seeing here is a levee system that worked, a water and drainage system that worked and that has some resilience and a population that's got a whole hell of a lot more resilience,” Arnold said. Knowing this, Arnold said the city could change how it prepares for future hurricanes. The city’s levee system held up against Ida’s thrashing. The city’s post-storm transport plan could become a model for future storms, especially those that intensify quickly and make pre-storm evacuation difficult, Arnold said.īy the time the forecast for Hurricane Ida had strengthened to a Category 3, officials said it was too late to establish the highway contraflow procedures necessary to call for a mandatory evacuation. He told people to “hang in” for a little while longer, since most neighborhoods are expected to regain power by Wednesday. “If you're young and you're able bodied, I'd encourage you to reserve this service for others as they might need it more.” “This should be reserved for the people that really are vulnerable to heat and really need this,” Arnold said. At least three of the city’s eight transmission lines and 13 of its 20 substations are back in service.Īrnold said the city will be able to move a maximum of 2,300 residents per a day and encouraged most New Orleanians to remain in their homes even if they’re still without electricity. 8 and has shared a timeline detailing which neighborhoods could get electricity back even sooner. Approximately 41,000 residents - in a city of around 400,000 - had power Friday afternoon, according to the city’s utility provider Entergy.Įntergy expects power to be restored to all neighborhoods by Sept. While power has been restored to some parts of the city, starting with a small number of customers in New Orleans East early Thursday morning, the vast majority of residents are still without electricity. This is an opportunity to be transported to a shelter if you’re tapping out,” Collin Arnold, director of the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said at a press conference updating the public on recovery efforts Friday. More than 200,000 residents weathered the strong Category 4 storm at home and have since had to contend with ongoing power outages, extreme heat, gas shortages and more. After hinting at post-storm transport plans for several days, the City of New Orleans will begin moving residents to state-run shelters Saturday, nearly a week after Hurricane Ida made landfall.