FIRSTHAND AND TALK WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST
RESPONDERS.
DOMINIQUE: JUST LIKE WE SAW IN
HOUSTON DURING HARVEY.
THESE CATASTROPHES BRING OUT
THE BEST IN PEOPLE.
STORM SURVIVORS DEALING WITH
THEIR OWN DAMAGE GOING OUT OF
THE WAY TO HELP OTHERS.
KRIS: SEEING THAT IN LOUISIANA
AS WELL.
BILL BARAJAS CONTINUES LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE IN LAKE CHARLES
WITH HOW NEIGHBORS ARE HELPING
NEIGHBORS TONIGHT, BILL?
>> Reporter: WE’VE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE DEVASTATION, IT IS
WIDESPREAD IN ANY DIRECTION
THAT YOU MAY LOOK, BUT THE ONE
THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IN
THE THREE DAYS I’VE BEEN HERE
AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER RENEE
LEVINE FROM LAKE CHARLES CAN
ATTEST TO IT IS THE SPIRIT OF
THE PEOPLE.
SOME OF THE HOMES HERE WERE
SEVERELY DAMAGED, YOU CAN SEE
ROOFS WERE RIPPED OFF.
OTHER HOMES WERE SPARED, BUT
RESIDENTS HERE ARE COMING
TOGETHER, HELPING EACH OTHER
IN ANYWAY, EVEN THE SMALLEST
OF WAYS.
>> I DID NEED A RIDE THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS HELPING
NEIGHBORS, WITH SUCH
DEVASTATION.
>> YEAH, TREES KNOCKED DOWN,
SHINGLES OFF THE ROOF.
>> Reporter: EACH MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNITY IS DOING WHAT
THEY CAN TO HELP.
>> WHOEVER WANT IT, COME AND
GET IT.
>> Reporter: MANY IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH LAKE
CHARLES RODE OUT THE STORM.
THE OUTCOME VARIED.
>> WE COULD HEAR THE HOUSE
SQUEAKING AND FELT IT LIKE IT
WANTED TO GO.
IT HELD IN THERE.
>> Reporter: THE NEIGHBORS
ACROSS THE STREET WEREN’T SO
LUCKY, THEY WERE CONFIDENT
THEIR HOME WOULD STAY INTACT.
>> MY DADDY BUILT THIS HOUSE
ON A ROCK, I KNEW THE HOUSE
WAS GOING TO MAKE IT.
>> Reporter: NOW BANDING
TOGETHER, WHILE THEY WAIT FOR
LIGHT AND WATER TO BE
RESTORED.
>> MY NEIGHBOR, ALL THIS STUFF
TORE UP.
MAN, WHAT CAN DO YOU, MAN?
YOU DO WHAT YOU GOING TO DO,
THAT’S ALL IT IS, MAN.
>> Reporter: AGAIN JUST TRYING
TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF A BAD
SITUATION, MR. MOONDOG IS NOW
DONE COOKING FOR THE DAY BUT
WILL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
A FISH FRY ON THE MENU
TOMORROW.
LIVE IN LAKE CHARLES, BILL
