The low-pressure system that will soon enter the Gulf of Mexico is expected to dump rain across South Louisiana over the next few days. The head of the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says he’s cautiously optimistic about how the city will fare.
“I think we need to pay attention to it very closely. I don’t think it’s going to be a huge issue for New Orleans,” Collin Arnold, the city’s director of emergency preparedness and homeland security, said.
Arnold told WWL’s Newell Normand that this system’s set up reminds him of the 2016 storm that flooded the Acadiana and Baton Rouge regions, but he says unlike the 2016 system, this one won’t stall over the state. Arnold says sandbag locations are now open. While residents may not need those sandbags this go ’round, Arnold urges people to get sandbags now just in case they’ll need them later this hurricane season…