Nation ‘Nothing you can do but wait’: In New Orleans, frustrations rise over Hurricane Ida outages; death toll rises September 7, 2021September 9, 2021Trevor Hughes, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Nothing you can do but wait’: In New Orleans, frustrations rise over Hurricane Ida outages; death toll rises Hurricane Ida damaged or destroyed 30,679 poles, 36,469 spans of wire and 5,959 transformers, says Entergy, the power provider for New Orleans.