9-1-21
Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida are scrambling for food, gas, water and relief from the oppressive heat. Meanwhile, thousands of line workers are toiling to restore electricity and officials have vowed to set up more sites where people can get free meals and cool off. Ida knocked out power to more than a million people, including all of New Orleans. Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she expects the city’s main power company to be able to provide some electricity by Wednesday evening, though she stressed that doesn’t mean a quick citywide restoration.
Main Street in Houma resembles a canyon of rubble after Hurricane Ida. Metal roofs peeled off buildings covered the sidewalks Tuesday, and red bricks from a collapsed building mingled with broken glass on a corner. A once shady square a block away was strewn with broken limbs from giant oaks. Houma resident Michael Cobb says people in the town will rebuild and endure.
SOME MEDICAL FACILITIES IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA HAVE HAD TO EVACUATE PATIENTS BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THEIR FACILITIES FROM HURRICANE IDA. OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FACILITIES HAVE TAKEN IN THIRTY PATIENTS FROM RACELAND AND HOUMA. THESE INCLUDE EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS, INFANTS IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AND MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENTS. OUR LADY OF LOURDES TOOK IN ONE ADULT PATIENT FROM THE TERREBONNE GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
STUDENTS IN VERMILLION PARISH RETURN TO CLASS TODAY AFTER BEING CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IDA. ALSO STEPHENSVILLE ELEMENTARY IN LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISH REOPENS TODAY. SAINT MARY PARISH SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN TOMORROW. DISTRICT STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITIES TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SMOOTH RETURN TO CLASSES.
HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN ACADIANA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE IS RESUMING SERVICE TO ZIP CODE AREAS THAT BEGIN WITH THE NUMBERS SEVEN-OH-FIVE THROUGH SEVEN-OH-EIGHT. MAIL DELIVERY AND RETAIL SERVICES WERE SUSPENDED IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF HURRICANE IDA. SERVICES CONTINUE TO BE SUSPENDED IN ZIP CODE AREAS THAT BEGIN WITH SEVEN-ZERO-ZERO, SEVEN-ZERO-ONE, SEVEN-ZERO-THREE AND SEVEN-ZERO-FOUR. THE POSTAL SERVICE IS MONITORING CONDITIONS AND IS EXPECTED TO RESTORE SERVICES WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
A RALLY WAS HELD FOR VETERANS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT VETERAN’S MEMORIAL PARK IN LAKE CHARLES TO MARK THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. PAUL PETTEFER, BUBBA VIATOR AND THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA VETERANS ASSOCIATION QUICKLY ORGANIZED THE RALLY TO GIVE VETERANS A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE WAR. VIATOR SPOKE ABOUT HIS TIME IN COMBAT AND SAID THERE’S A NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AT THIS TIME. ONE VETERAN, DAVID SOILEAU, SAYS THIS WAR IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHER WARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VICTORY.
RAYNE POLICE ARE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION AFTER HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS WERE FOUND LAST WEEK. A PERSON WALKING NEAR LILLIAN PIERCE DRIVE FOUND THE REMAINS. THEY WERE SENT TO THE L-S-U FACES LAB IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE REMAINS IS ASKED TO CALL THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
