Both Terrebonne and Lower Lafourche were saved from worse devastation by a levee system the citizens of those parishes paid for through taxes. They had begged the Feds for years and nothing was happening so they took it upon themselves to get it done. Saw some Terrebonne officials interviewed on a local channel and they were PISSED. Mike Seidel from TWC did a segment about how there was NO levee system protection for the area from the Gulf. Some of these guys busted their butts for years to make sure the levee was built and built right. The levee systems did save both parishes. There as a tremendous amount of wind damage but little to no water damage in these 2 parishes even though Ida came ashore the 2nd time basically on the border of Lafourche and Terrebonne. Other parishes flooded big time.
Moral of the story: If you want something done, don't count on the feds, do it yourself.
Both Terrebonne and Lower Lafourche were saved from worse devastation by a levee system the citizens of those parishes paid for through taxes. They had begged the Feds for years and nothing was happening so they took it upon themselves to get it done. Saw some Terrebonne officials interviewed on a local channel and they were PISSED. Mike Seidel from TWC did a segment about how there was NO levee system protection for the area from the Gulf. Some of these guys busted their butts for years to make sure the levee was built and built right. The levee systems did save both parishes. There as a tremendous amount of wind damage but little to no water damage in these 2 parishes even though Ida came ashore the 2nd time basically on the border of Lafourche and Terrebonne. Other parishes flooded big time.
Moral of the story: If you want something done, don't count on the feds, do it yourself.
Seidel seems to be making quite a name for his lying self.......