Terrebonne Parish is continuing its recovery efforts more than three weeks after Hurricane Ida tore up the coastal area. Parish spokesman, Mart Black, says while most of the power is back and water has been mostly restored, housing for storm victims is the biggest problem. “We have people who have no home to go back to and I know the parish president to get at least 1500 trailers from FEMA into the parish,” said Black.
Black says that after Ida hit the Terrebonne Parish was left in the dark, and today at least 16-percent of Entergy customers still don’t have electricity. And according to Black, “there are some areas in the parish that were the hardest hit by the storm where electricity is still a problem.” He says the hope is to have power restored to everyone whose home or business can safely receive it by September 29th.
Black says one thing that is getting back to normal in Terrebonne is residential garbage pickup, and he says a contractor is working to clear the curbs of storm debris stacked up by homeowners. “Tree limbs, tree trunks, all of that that’s been piled up on curbisde and bring it to permitted site.” said Black
Black says it’s amazing to see what crews have been able to accomplish in a relatively short amount of time, calling it a “massive job.”
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