THE GRANITE STATE UNTIL
THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL.
    WMUR'S SIOBHAN LOPEZ
EXPLAINS.
 
 
 
 
ONE WEEK AFTER HURRICANE
LAURA TORE THROUGH PARTS OF
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA -
RELIEF EFFORTS ARE RAMPING
UP.

GARY ZAWILINKSI OF ENFIELD
JUST ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS
TO HELP SUPERVISE THE
SHELTER SITUATION FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
HOMES.
<GARY ZAWILINKSI :37-:44
A LOT OF THE CLIENTS ARE IN
HOTELS SO WE'RE ACTUALLY
USING THAT BECAUSE OF
COVID, WE'RE NOT DOING MASS
SHELTERING LIKE WE'VE DONE
IN THE PAST.>
THE PANDEMIC ALSO
EFFECTING THE EMOTIONAL
RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER.
<GARY ZAWILINKSI 4:36-
4:50
PEOPLE HAVE LOST
EVERYTHING AND THEY WANT TO
COME UP AND SHAKE THEIR HAND
OR EVEN GIVE YOU A HUG THEY
JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT HUMAN
TOUCH AND HUMAN CARING
SHOWN, AND NOW YOU CANNOT DO
THAT SO THAT REALLY CHANGES
THE DYNAMICS.>
<ERIN LOFTI 2:58-3:01
IT WAS JUST VERY SCARY TO
HEAR THE WIND.>
NASHUA NATIVE ERIN LOFTI'S
HUSBAND IS STATIONED AT
FORT POLK --- THEY RODE OUT
THE OVERNIGHT STORM AT HOME
WITH THEIR TWO AND HALF YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER.
<ERIN LOFTI 7:22-7:32
LIGHTBULBS EXPLODED AND
STARTED CRACKLING AND
BURNING AND THE SURGE
PROTECTORS SORT OF SURGED
AND DIDN'T REALLY DO THEIR
JOB BECAUSE THEY WERE,
SPARKS WERE GOING.>
TREES IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD WERE RIPPED
FROM THE GROUND --- THERE
WAS NO POWER OR INTERNET,
AND WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND
TEMPERATURES AROUND 100
DEGREES ... ERIN AND HER
DAUGHTER FLEW HOME TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE TO BE SAFE AND
STAY WITH FAMILY UNTIL
THINGS SETTLE BACK AT HOME.
SHE SAYS HER HEART GOES OUT
TO EVERYONE FEELING THE
IMPACTS OF THE DEVASTATING
STORM, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
THE LAKE CHARLES AREA.
<ERIN LOFTI 8:58-9:14
FOR US, IT WAS SURVIVING THE
AFTER, THE NO POWER, ARE WE
GOING TO LOSE WATER, EATING
THE CANNED FOOD AND HAVING
TO CLEAN OUT OUR DEEP
FREEZER AND ICE AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THAT
HAS JUST BEEN THE SCARIEST
