Here's the latest Acadiana business news
| Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 |
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with Adam Daigle | Business editor
Good morning, Acadiana. Here's what we have this morning for business news:
Upwards of 62% of gas stations in Baton Rouge are empty in aftermath of IdaMost of the gas stations in the Baton Rouge area are without fuel due to an increase in demand driven by Hurricane Ida. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, 62.4% of gas stations in Baton Rouge did not have gasoline for sale, according to information from Gas Buddy, a crowdsourced mobile app. Some in Lafayette are running out of fuel. Here's the story. |
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 | Hotels are full in cities along the Interstate 10 and I-49 corridors for miles, travel websites show. Read more |
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 | As Hurricane Ida raged across southeastern Louisiana, the flood of patients caused by another storm — the COVID-19 pandemic — at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center eased at just the right moment to allow the Lafayette medical center to accept 30 patients evacuated from hospitals damaged by the Category 4 hurricane. Read more |
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 | The University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Wednesday welcomed 61 student evacuees from New Orleans, driven from their home campus by Hurricane Ida and its aftermath. Read more |
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