On Sept. 13, Gov. Jeff Landry landed at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for a press conference with New Orleans and Louisiana officials. Among the chaos, Landry confronted the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans about their hurricane preparedness just two days after Hurricane Francine hit the Gulf Coast.
“How can we recognize where the infrastructure deficiencies are today, because we don’t know whether we are going to get another storm tomorrow?” Landry asked. The Sewage and Water Board recently asked state legislators for $29 million for a new power substation to help keep the pumps running. …