KRIS: MUCH MORE ON GENERATOR
SAFETY IN A FEW MINUTES.
WE WANT TO START TEAM COVERAGE
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, WHERE
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY WAS
THE FIRST CHANCE TO SEE WHAT
LEFT OF THEIR HOMES.
DOMINIQUE: ROBERT ARNOLD HAS
BEEN IN LAKE CHARLES SINCE
WEDNESDAY, YOU SAW IT LIVE ON
CHANNEL 2.
HE WAS THERE AS LAURA MADE
LANDFALL.
ROBERT, YOU’RE IN LAKE CHARLES
CALCASIEU PARISH, EARLIER
TODAY YOU MADE YOUR WAY TO
CAMERON PARISH.
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> Reporter: WE DID, AS MORE
DEBRIS IS PUSHED OFF THE MAIN
ROADS, MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
A CHANCE TO COME HOME, FOR
THOSE RETURNING, THE FIRST
SIGHT OF WHAT’S LEFT OF THEIR
HOMES IS TRULY DEVASTATING.
>> YOU KNOW THE WORDS JUST
CAN’T DESCRIBE IT, WHEN YOU
PULL UP AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: HE WAS KIND
ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO US ON
BEHALF OF HIS BROTHER.
THIS IS HIS HOME.
LAURA’S WINDS RIPPED OPEN THE
BACK OF THE HOUSE AS WELL AS
DESTROYED THE GARAGE AND
WORKSHOP.
>> WE STARTED GETTING PERSONAL
STUFF, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SCHOOL PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, WHATEVER WE CAN GRAB AND
CLOTHES.
MOST STORES, DUE TO COVID,
NOTHING IS NORMAL ALREADY.
>> Reporter: LAURA’S WINDS
LEFT NOTHING UNTOUCHED.
THIS COUNTY IS LITTERED WITH
THE DEBRIS OF HOMES RIPPED OFF
FOUNDATIONS AND EXPOSED TO THE
ELEMENTS.
>> I LOST MY SHOP, MY GARAGE,
PORCH AND ROOF.
>> Reporter: JAMES IS DOING
WHAT HE CAN IT MAKE HIS HOME
LIVABLE FOR HIS WIFE AND FOUR
CHILDREN AND FIGURE OUT HOW
HE’LL REBUILD.
>> I CAN REPLACE THIS, IT’S
GOING TO TAKE AWHILE BUT I’LL
DO THE BEST I CAN.
>> Reporter: LAURA COST
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE
TO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
STORES HAVE NOT REOPENED, GAS
IS CRITICAL.
WHEN A SINGLE STATION OPENED,
THERE WAS AN INSTANT LINE OF
CARS WAITING TO FILL GAS,
TANKS AND CANS.
LIFE LINES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
TO LIVE IN LAURA’S AFTERMATH
AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO START
AGAIN.
>> I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE
OKAY.
FOR HOW LONG?
I DON’T KNOW, UNTIL I CAN FIND
GAS SOMEWHERE, I THINK I GOT
30 GALLONS LEFT.
WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT
WE CAN DO AND WAIT IT OUT.
>> Reporter: POWER CREWS HAVE
BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
TRYING TO RESTORE POWER,
ENTERGY’S OUTAGE MAP, WE SAW
233,000 PEOPLE IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AREA IN
