Louisiana's Lafouche Parish has a motto, feeding and fueling America.

And that's because it's home to one of the largest shipping ports on the Gulf Coast.

Port Fushan.

A port that will likely be shut down for weeks.

There's vessels in places that they're not supposed to be.

Chet Shashan, the executive director of the port, told NPR he wouldn't be surprised

to see gas prices rise.

Fushan services a lot of deep water oil production.

There is no electricity that will not be electricity for a long time.

And in our area, in our community, we have no running water.

As of Tuesday afternoon, more than a million customers in Louisiana were still without

power and could be for weeks.

And the power outages continue to increase as the storm moved through Louisiana into Mississippi.

The Midwest is group president of utility operations for energy corporation, which provides

power to four states, including Louisiana.

He told NPR that damage assessments alone would take days.

We were asked even while the storm was still ravaging the service area.

We were asked how long it's going to take to restore the power.

And the honest answer is we won't be able to know that until we know exactly what the

damage is.

The loss of power was a big concern for area hospitals, many of which are overwhelmed

with COVID patients.

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