Laplace residents ask for help with unforeseen rising waters

Over the weekend, many cities in southern Louisiana felt the anger of Hurricane Ida, but Laplace attracted national attention. Located between New Orleans and the state capital Baton Rouge, it is usually more like a checkpoint between two major cities.

On Sunday night, it became a choke point for floods and high winds from Ida, who destroyed southeastern Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The streets of Laplace looked like a turbulent river, the buildings were swaying in the strong wind, the metal on the roofs was peeled off, and the traffic lights looked like they were flying into Oz in a catastrophic storm.

Those residents who had not evacuated before the storm had almost no telephone service, if any. Their cries for help turned into begging for anyone to save their lives, and Hurricane Ida still ravaged the city with a category 3 wind of 115 mph on Sunday-even though it was raining in the area.

When Ada’s eye wall shook slightly to the east and flooded Laplace, its residents tried to contact anyone for rescue.

The following are people who have heard of Laplace’s plight and tried to seek help and pray elsewhere.

“God, please help Laplace in Louisiana. They need help.”

“Anyone who has friends in the attic of #Laplace #Louisiana, please tell them to bring a hammer or something to break through, in case they need to destroy the attic, to the roof. Don’t want to get stuck in it. If the water continues to rise, the attic will not Way out.”

A few posts Twitter Said that the Cajun Navy is on the way to help the residents of Laplace. Cajun Navy is a group of people from Louisiana who enter difficult situations by boat to help rescue those trapped by natural disasters.

“#LaPlaceLouisiana #CajunNavyRelief Pray for my Cajun neighbors tonight. They are trapped in their attic and the water is rising. Pray that they will all be rescued safely by the great Cajun Navy.

“Severe flooding occurred in Laplace! People tried to stay on the water but were trapped without electricity!”

Then, some images and stories are ugly, but they are important to the lives of people who live there or have friends and family living there.

Stories like this:

“I want to know if my friend Roger Webb and his family are okay. They are from #LaPlace #Louisiana. If anyone knows about the Webb family, please ask Roger to contact me.”

“Anyone near Laplace, Louisiana who can help. Look for “Laplace” and there will be an address and someone who needs immediate help. Don’t put yourself in danger, but if you have a boat Or please contact the organization for help anyway. There are so many requests.”

“I have never been to Laplace, Louisiana, but my heart is almost overwhelmed by them tonight. All I see on TL is asking for help. God, be with them.”