Hurricane Ida: Portable Solar Devices (2021)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Pointe-aux-Chenes, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2021-09-24
Duration: 00:05:33
Subjects: Hurricane Ida, 2021 | Disaster response and recovery | Solar energy | Renewable energy
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Fox, Josh Interviewee
- Heegaard, Will Interviewee
- Upton, Gregory Interviewee
- Neyhart, Thomas Interviewee
Description
This segment from the September 24, 2021, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kara St. Cyr’s report on the use of a portable solar device as a part of the disaster recovery efforts in Pointe-aux-Chenes, a community in Terrebone Parish without electricity for 22 days following Hurricane Ida. She interviews: Josh Fox, an environmental activist and filmmaker; Will Heegaard, the operations director for the Footprint Project; Gregory Upton, a professor with the LSU Center for Energy Studies; and Thomas Neyhart, the CEO of Posigen.