People in Houma are recovering after a tornado touched down early Thursday morning.
Some of the worst damage was in the Dixie Avenue area, where Patricia Green lives.
“I’m just thankful I’m alive,” she said.
She woke up to sounds of rain and heavy wind.
“I went into a closet, and I got down, and I just started praying,” she said. “Then, maybe about 30 minutes later, everything ceased. So I peeped out of the window, and I was like, ‘Unbelievable.'”
She knew she would have a long path to recovery. Clean-up efforts are just beginning on her street.
“I had a tree on top of my roof, and I had a hole in my roof, so I had roof damage, and then my vehicle is totally destroyed, my son’s work truck is totally destroyed. I have dents, scratches and bruises on my other car. And I had a lot of debris to pick up because the shed just went completely down,” she said.
Green was without power for more than 24 hours after the storm, and some of her neighbors faced the same challenges. But the community in Houma is stepping up to help.
The Knights of Columbus held a food distribution event at St. Bernadette Church Friday evening.
“People are stripping out floors in their houses; they’re just in disarray. So I think not having to cook a meal is a great blessing,” the Rev. Andre Melancon said.
The group passed out around 300 free servings of jambalaya.
“We know storms, we know flooding, and I think people look for churches and people of goodwill to help people in need, so this is what we’re called to do as the church,” Melancon said.
Terrebonne Parish leaders report that about 25 homes were damaged in the tornado.
