Houma Representative Tanner Magee
The damage assessments keep coming in from Hurricane Ida, and the power of the storm is becoming clearer in descriptions such as this passed on by State Representative Tanner Magee of Houma. He says “the storm winds picked up a flood gate that holds 280-thousand-gallons of water to weigh it down” and ripped it off its hinges and tossed it into the Gulf.
Magee says the property damage in Terrebonne Parish is extensive. He says, “there’s not a single structure that doesn’t at least have some damage, and 90-percent of the structures are completely damaged.”
Magee says those that choose to return to Terrebonne need to be ready for what they’ll face. He says they’ll need to bring a lot of water due to a lack of running water and they’ll need to prepare to “sweat a lot.”
Noting the importance of Terrebonne and Lafourche, Magee says people are going there every day to bring gas and seafood to this nation or do all kinds of things and it’s sad to him we lose those stories for now because of Ida.
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