Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura

On August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura affected some parts of Northern Louisiana, in which I live in Northeast Louisiana. It was said that Hurricane Laura was a damaging category 4 storm that tied with a hurricane in 1856 as the strongest hurricane ever recorded. We were without power for 4 days and most of the gas stations were out of gas. Places like Lowes and Home Depot were packed with people buying generators and lanterns. I sat in my studio looking out the window watching the wind blowing the trees back and forth with tremendous force. and within 15 minutes of watching, I saw two massive trees fall in my backyard. So, I went to the front of the house to check on my wife and to see how things were looking in the front yard. Soon after I stepped outside to take a look another massive tree fell blocking my driveway. I then began to see a couple of more trees falling in nearby neighbors’ yards. After that, that’s when all the power went out. I can just imagine the damage it did down south. In Northern Texas, the damage that was done looked as if a tornado hit. The damage left tens of thousands of residents without power and dozens of water companies couldn’t provide clean water because of the power outage. Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast with 150 mph winds causing a lot of damage and Lake Charles was one of the places that took big damage. The floating casino Isle of Capri in Lake Charles broke free and hit the I-10 bridge and had to be put back in place by a tugboat later that day. The winds in Lake Charles was maxed out at 132 mph, doing damage to roofs and blowing out windows of some buildings.