Rita Rips Route 82--October 25

Following Route 82 in south central Louisiana, you will find miles and miles of flooded homes and piles and piles of debris by the highway. Sue, of the small town of Edith, was glad to hear UMCOR and the Methodists were going to work in the area because she knows an elderly woman and lots of others who don't know what they are going to do without some help.



Near the coast on Route 82, Rita's surge was so powerful, many homes of Pecan Island were swept off their foundations. The pastor of Abbeville UMC (see previous post) and Pecan Island UMC, says "of the 50 active members, only 2 families had homes NOT swept off their foundations." I expect tomorrow to see much the same 80 miles further west in Grand Chenier and Cameron.