While the remnants of disasters hammered the northeast on Thursday, Lafourche Parish in southern us-regions was just beginning the long road to recovery by restoring power, getting drinkable water back online, and cleaning up debris.
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“It’s life-changing. Our lives changed on Sunday. Our entire parish’s lives changed on Sunday,” Gisclair told Fox News. “There are homes where it looks like someone went in and dropped a bomb. There’s just nothing left.”
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA BRING FLOODING AND TORNADOES TO THE NORTHEAST
Repairing homes will be a long process, but Chaisson said Wednesday that the local government is focused for now on restoring power and drinkable water, as well as ensuring people have food and basic supplies.
“All of our pod sites, or points of distribution, were opened yesterday,” Chaisson said. “People are getting tarps and water and MREs. We hope to open our fifth pod tomorrow.”
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As residents return to their homes in Lafourche Parish, Gisclair acknowledged the long road in front of them.
“This is a process that’s going to take months,” he said. “It’s going to be something that is going to last for a long, long time.”
