Hurricane Laura made landfall this morning as a Category Four storm, maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, at 1 AM in Cameron. Lake Charles took a direct hit as they had sustained winds of at least 100 miles per hour. Calcasieu Police Jury President Tony Guillory spoke with us as he surveyed the damage.
“I’m in the downtown area and roofs are blown off, trees are down, no water downtown, it’s a major one,” said Guillory.
Guillory says he’s never seen or felt wind speeds that he experienced when Laura barreled through Lake Charles.
“When the eye came over it wasn’t bad, but when the surrounding bands came through that was the horrible part, when the bands came through it was pushing 130 mile per hour winds,” said Guillory.
“Rita downtown was not like this at all, every building has some structure damage,” said Guillory.
(Photo courtesy of the Louisiana National Guard)
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