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Omaha Steve

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Sun Oct 11, 2020, 08:14 AM Oct 2020

In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again

Source: AP

By REBECCA SANTANA, STACEY PLAISANCE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A blue tarp covered a hole in their roof, torn open when the last hurricane blew through. Friday night, the next hurricane tried to rip the tarp away.

Earnestine and Milton Wesley had decided to ride out Hurricane Delta in their Lake Charles home, damaged just weeks earlier by Hurricane Laura. As the wind rustled the tarp above them, they grabbed it through the hole in the ceiling and held on tight. Water poured in, flooding their den.

“We fought all night long trying to keep things intact,” Milton said. “And with God’s help we made it.”

Delta made landfall Friday evening near the coastal town of Creole with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph). It moved over Lake Charles, a city where Hurricane Laura damaged nearly every home and building in late August.



Caleb Cormier moves debris after Hurricane Delta moved through, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Lake Charles, La. Delta hit as a Category 2 hurricane with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph) before rapidly weakening over land. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/lake-charles-floods-lakes-hurricane-laura-hurricane-delta-46565ee98b1bf0ce18cc2533ffc4d933
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In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents dig out, again (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2020 OP
"We fought all night long trying to keep things intact," Milton said. "And with God's help we made i Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #1
How many of these folks deny climate change is real? beachbumbob Oct 2020 #2
Is the Cowardly Lyin' Traitor going to visit? Fritz Walter Oct 2020 #3
Shoulda voted for Al Gore greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #4
New Orleans Will Send Help Roy Rolling Oct 2020 #5

Ferrets are Cool

(21,063 posts)
1. "We fought all night long trying to keep things intact," Milton said. "And with God's help we made i
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 09:47 AM
Oct 2020

But he didn't care enough to keep it from actually landing on your head. Hmmmmm, maybe he just doesn't love you as much as you think he does. Or, is this just another of those "building faith" moments.

Fritz Walter

(4,281 posts)
3. Is the Cowardly Lyin' Traitor going to visit?
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 11:00 AM
Oct 2020

Or at least schedule a fly-over like W did? Maybe on his way to/from a superspreader rally?

He can throw them some paper towels.

Roy Rolling

(6,856 posts)
5. New Orleans Will Send Help
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 12:00 PM
Oct 2020

Again, the people of New Orleans will be happy to help our friends in need, the same as we helped in Florida.

But I guarantee, none of us were there in Cameron or Destin, where Trump held a rally and a boat parade. #ettd

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