Ida came ashore yesterday in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. It is now Tropical Storm Ida, still battering parts of Louisiana and Mississippi and leaving more than one million people without electricity.
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards reminded residents of his state that “The first 72 are on you,” a way of saying that citizens should be equipped to provide for themselves, their families and their pets for at least three days following a major storm.
Because of a...