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Laura Produced Record Storm Surge for Louisiana Macro Companies The Cameron ¢ Parish 50 Pilot Cameron, La. 70631 October 1, 2020 Vol. 63--No. 52 CARLEY RAE Fountain served up lunches at the Hackberry distribution site last month. Working with United Cajun Navy, Fountain organized over NEW POWER lines stand straight and tall on Hwy. 27 heading toward Hackett's 24,000 pounds of dona- Corner. Generators will soon be operational at that substation, powering Sweetlake tions and an ongoing relief and Grand Lake. (Photo by Cyndi Sellers.) effort for Hackberry, her hometown. (Photo by Laura produced record St. Charles Bobbie Fountain.) storm surge for Louisiana & Cam. D.A. Hackberry By CYNDI SELLERS Mississippi at 24.6', Carla in Texas at 22', and Opal in to offer aid Angel keeps Hurricane Laura produced Florida at 21.5'. Michael in a record storm surge for 2018 registered a surge of Submitted by Louisiana and the fifth high- 20.6'. Rita bumps down to LISA STEWART memory alive est in the United States, the 14th overall, with 17.8'. National Weather Service has Meteorologists were widely The St. Charles Parish By CYNDI SELLERS announced. Investigation of criticized immediately after District Attorney’s Office will high water marks in Cameron Laura when the surge did not be providing a truck load of Immediately after Parish last week showed a appear to be as bad as pre- supplies and preparing lunch Hurricane Laura hit surge of 17.1' above ground at dicted in areas like Lake on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 Southwest Louisiana, all the Rutherford Beach, which cor- Charles. This data supports a.m. until we run out, at the news seemed to be about Lake relates to about 20.2 feet earlier predictions of 18-20 Grand Lake Faith Temple, Charles. Former Hackberry MACRO ENERGY gas distribution site at the Creole above sea level, according to feet of surge and was within 655 La. Hwy. 385. resident Carly Rae Fountain Fire Station, is shown giving away free gas and diesel meteorologist Andy Tingler. A the predicted cone. The high- We will set up tables out- was disturbed by the lack of Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week. The nearest mention of her community house at the corner of Oak est surge is usually located to side and District Attorney gas station is 45 minutes away. (Photo by Bobby Miller.) Grove Highway and the east of the eye of a Gulf Jennifer Jones and staff will and others in Cameron Parish Rutherford Lane had a high hurricane, and such was the be on site to provide free legal and determined to do some- water mark of 20.8 feet case here. The devastation assistance for all your hurri- thing about it. Her mother Macro Companies giving NAVD88. seen in Oak Grove and Grand cane related claims and puts it another way. "An angel The previous record of Chenier could have been issues. stepped up," says Bobbie surge in Louisiana was 18.7 Cameron, Grand Lake and We will also have printed Fountain. "The Lake Charles away free gas & diesel feet by Katrina in 2005. Lake Charles if the storm had handouts to distribute, which VA center where she worked Macro Companies Inc. will the Louisiana Dept. of Katrina had a U.S. record moved in only 10 miles fur- will provide you with further as a nurse was closed, so she be distributing Free gasoline Agriculture’s emergency fuel surge of 34.11' in Mississippi, ther west. information. went to work, contacting the and diesel fuel on Friday, Oct. contract which provides fuel followed by Camille in If you are having difficulty United Cajun Navy, asking 2 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., while to Search & Research, First with your hurricane claim, people to cook and donate, supplies last, at the Creole Responders, State Agencies ask your agent for a complete and setting up a distribution Fire Station. and critical infrastructure Cameron Parish OEP: copy of your entire policy, so center in Hackberry." When Hurricane Laura generators. Marco, whose cor- that we can review that with Carly doesn't want to talk devastated Southwest porate office is in Broussard is you when you come. about her contribution, but to Louisiana on Aug. 27, Macro committed to helping our mosquito plane to spray We will practice social dis- tell the Hackberry story she immediately deployed hun- neighbor’s in Cameron Parish By CYNDI SELLERS tancing for this outdoor event. agreed to be interviewed: on dreds of personnel and fuel during their long road to tonight. the news, on YouTube, and for Spray sensitive residents Please wear a mask while on trucks to the region. Over the recovery and they look for- site. this paper. She told people past four weeks, Macro has ward to serving the communi- The mosquito control air- should seek shelter during that Hackberry was not near plane will be spraying the applications. If you would like to set up distributed fuel to local utility ty. an appointment for legal Lake Charles, but had heavy companies and has supported Wednesday afternoon during We will have spray trucks damage, too. "After Rita and daylight hours due to safety spraying many other areas at assistance contact Stewart at 337-660-7174. Ike, they were described as a reasons. These areas include night. We will continue spray- low population marshy area, School board held special Grand Chenier, Oak Grove, ing with planes and trucks and that's all," she said. "I Cameron, Little Chenier, daily in areas with the high- refused for them to be forgot- Chenier Purdue. est mosquito populations ten about again." meeting on Thur., Sept 24 A contract plane will be until they are reduced to a She had met the president spraying Johnson Bayou, more tolerable level. of the United Cajun Navy, By CYNDI SELLERS been completed, said Project Holly Beach, and Big Lake Todd Terrell, two years before Manager James Hoffpauir. At and followed the organization Cameron Parish schools SCHS, ninety 30-yard dump- Together We to make sure it was trustwor- are on a fast track to reopen- sters had been filled so far, Cameron FBC welcomes thy. Two days before Laura ing, but the cost is high it was and the greenhouse was to be Are Strong! she decided to stay at home in reported at a special School removed by the end of the Carlyss and joined the UCN. Board meeting held last week. Diesel fuel needed for FBC crew of Gilbert, LA At daybreak on Friday, she Thursday, Sept. 24, in Grand the large generators was Last Saturday, a group of street. They said they had Order of was checking on friends and Lake. Restoration teams have reaching 1500 gallons per day nearly 50 volunteers from never seen anything like they doing welfare checks. Then been hard at work at all at South Cameron, and 3000 Gilbert near Monroe, made saw in Cameron Parish, and Evacuation she started fighting for School Board sites since gallons a day at Hackberry. their way down to Cameron to they perform disaster recov- Hackberry, using the Zillow shortly after Hurricane Mitigation costs had reached help the First Baptist Church ery all around the state. app. Laura, and most school build- $5.4 million, with another and the community. The convoy from Gilbert changes 9/25 The first shipment arrived ings are nearly ready to be $2,450,00 in bills to arrive The group included Pastor spent four hours on the road, on Sunday after the storm, turned over to the adminis- soon. Bubba Ezell and members of arriving at 8 a.m., and after As a result of restored util- from the Florida branch of tration for permanent repairs. In a quick status report on the First Baptist Church of lunch and unloading of sup- ities and cleared roadways, UCN, Next Generation Vets, Using generators, the the buildings, Johnson Bayou Gilbert, who cooked a barbe- plies, turned around and the Cameron Parish Office of and Jennifer Leatherman- schools have been dried out was reported nearly ready to cue lunch for all comers and drove four hours back. FBC Emergency Preparedness is Toby. They sent 24,000 and climate controlled to pre- be turned over to the School worked to clean out the mud Cameron pastor Charles lifting the Mandatory Order pounds of supplies on a 24' vent mold formation. Removal Board with occupancy as soon and debris in the church Hugonin said the church of Evacuation for the follow- flatbed truck, which broke of storm debris, including the as the fire suppression system building. They also delivered members are very grateful for ing areas Only; down twice on the way and entrance stairs to South can be tested on outside a truckload of supplies for dis- all the help from this group Hackberry - Zip Code finally broke down again in Cameron High School, has power. Grand Lake was also tribution to the community, and another that came the 70645 (Curfew in effect from Lake Charles. Cont. on Page 8 nearly complete. Hackberry including food, cleaning sup- week before, Grace Country 10 p.m.-6 a.m. was ready to start preparing plies, water, baby items, per- Church, of Lockesburg Klondike - Zip Code 70542 Message for students; it is now on reg- sonal toiletries, paper goods, Arkansas, Bryan Adair, pas- (No curfew) ular power. Restoration and household items. tor. Lowry - Zip Code 70549 (No Waste Mgmt should be complete at South The bulk of the team was a The Cameron church was curfew) from CCOA Cameron by Oct. 1, and group of 30 young men from heavily damaged, but the All other communities in to resume If you are age 60 plus and Hoffpauir said the new part of Amazing Grace Ministry of sanctuary is largely intact.
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