With load growth of distribution systems, it becomes very complicated for dispatchers to obtain restoration plan for unfaulted but out-of-service areas.
It was a powerful Category 4 hurricane at the time and Hurricane Ida has been blamed for at least 22 deaths in that state and neighboring Mississippi along with extensive damage and widespread power outages in the region.
It caused a tsunami with 30 foot waves that swept inland leading to the deaths of roughly 20,000 people and cutting off electricity to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
So you'll hear about power outages and flash flood warnings with these circumstances, and they’re telling drivers unless it's absolutely necessary you shouldn't be driving.