More than 750,000 still without power in Laura's aftermath

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, and officials warned that basic services could be knocked out for weeks or longer along parts of the Gulf Coast.

Meanwhile, the hurricane’s remnants threatened to bring flooding and tornadoes to Tennessee as the storm, now a tropical depression, drifted north. Forecasters warned that the system could strengthen into a tropical storm again upon returning to the Atlantic Ocean this weekend.

The death toll rose to at least seven after Texas authorities reported that a 54-year-old man was killed when the Category 4 hurricane sent a tree crashing into his home near the Louisiana border. Six other people died in Louisiana, where the outlook was grim for thousands of evacuated residents eager to return.

“We need help,” said Lawrence “Lee” Faulk, 57, who returned to a home with no roof in hard-hit Cameron Parish, which was littered with downed power lines. “We need ice, water, blue tarps — everything that you would associate with the storm, we need it. Like two hours ago.”



Benjamin Luna helps recover items from the children's wing of the First Pentecostal Church that was destroyed by Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Orange, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)


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[jimfields33]

1. Happened yesterday. Not shocking! Probably until mid next week.

Irma some in Florida were out of power for 10 days plus.

[flying_wahini]

2. Well we didn't have power until day 13 after IKE.

[gristy]

3. No surprise that they are still without power

What, the storm abated less than a day ago?

Note that the article's headline is this:

Laura victims may go weeks without power; deaths climb to 11

[Hestia]

4. Lt Gen Honore' was on Katy Tur talking with Climate Scientist Michael Mann - seems

Honore' goes to communities along the Gulf in La and discusses Pollution to citizens who live in Cameron and he had a list of the times Cameron has rebuilt since Katrina - 3 times. He stated that people need to move from Cameron and leave it to the Chemical & South African LG plants who expect the Fed to restore the infrastructure. Honore' stated that the bridge into Cameron, disintegrating in just the last couple years since rebuild from chemical run off from the SA LG plants and has to be rebuilt again (!) says the people living there cannot expect to have their homes rebuilt time after time and have the plants rebuild the bridge. He & Michael Mann says it will only get worse and, in so many words, it is a waste of money with sea rise to keep rebuilding in the same places. Take the Money and Run.

St Louis did this after 3 floods in the same place, told homeowners they will not rebuild again. It is is now a very nice park.

[GulfCoast66]

5. After Charlie we went 13 days.

They had to rebuild starting at the large transmission lines.

We had power teams from all over the Southeast. It was a crew from NC that got our block hooked back up. Would have bought those guys as case of beer if I could have. They all worked almost nonstop and we’re almost all were good union members. And making bank! Deserved every cent they got. That is a hot, hard dangerous job with requires lots of knowledge.

[denem]

6. President Empathy should tour the worst affected areas.

[Polybius]

7. Right-wingers posted a meme with that all over FB in March during the paper towel shortage

They had the gall to say "You blasted him for this, but he was ahead of his time. Bet you wish he was doing this in your town." It repulsed me.