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| Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette |
Twenty-five soldiers and 14 trucks of the Nebraska Army National Guard 1195th Transportation Co., McCook, deploy this morning to Louisiana, to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. First Lt. Bobbi Jacobsen, (front row, far left) attachment commander of the McCook unit, said that 1,000 Nebraska National Guard personnel are part a federal mission to help with recovery after Gustav hit the Louisiana coast shortly before noon Monday. Jacobsen said that the McCook unit's soldiers, along with personnel from the Kearney and Lexington units, would most likely participate in recovery and transportation missions; they will be gone two to four weeks. Approximately 40,000 Guardsmen from across the nation have been called up to respond to requests for assistance from Louisiana.
Lake Charles,Iowa,Kaplan,Crowley,Maurice, Abbeville,Delcambre,Gueydan,Rayne,Carencro,Breaux Bridge,Alexandria,Baton Rouge,New Iberia,Morgan City,Patterson,Houma,Port Allen,Thibodeux,Golden Meadow,White Castle,Gonzales,Kinder,Lafayette,Broussard,Youngsille,Opelousas... are above sea level- most higher than Miami Beach as a matter of fact.
I live in Lafayette and as of Thursday 97% of power is back on and things are almost back to normal. The vast majority of citizens don't sit around and wait for the government we help our families and our neighbors and we do what we have to do.
That fool Ray Nagin doesn't represent the State- most of the smart people in Louisiana know he is a joke. The crack/meth addicts that went three days without a hit and lost their minds after Katrina were displayed on tv for a political purpose.
In response to mr dennis the majority of the places suffering damage is above sea level every body seems to think that New Orleans covers the whole state of Louisiana. Even Houma which was devastated is above sea level, and the reason it needs rebuilt is because it is a major port and homes the largest PHI (Petroleum Helicopter Inc) heliport serving much of the Gulf. I live in Lafayette we to suffered some damage and we are above sea level but still in the line of hurricanes should we not repair our damage as well.
I am glad to see Nebraska lending a helping hand but I do not understand the federal government continuning to fund rebuilding efforts for homes, businesses and infrastructure that is BELOW sea level and we can most suredly predict that flooding and destruction will happen again.