“This storm was worse than Katrina.”
That was Senator John Kennedy’s assessment after a Tuesday spent in a helicopter touring storm damage left behind by Hurricane Ida.
“Not that New Orleans did not have damage, it did. But, everybody else got it,” Kennedy said. “Some of the smaller communities down there is still underwater, virtually no dwellings or places of business are untouched, Fourchon is just devastated.”
Kennedy echoed the sentiment of fellow Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy that aid must come quicker than it did after last year’s Hurricane Laura ravaged part of the state.
“My heart breaks for Lake Charles,” Kennedy said. “I personally been to the floor of the United States Senate twice to try to pass a bill getting aid to southwest Louisiana and twice the democrats voted against me.”
He said there are still some lessons that haven’t been learned in Louisiana even after multiple storms have wreaked havoc.
“I wouldn’t hire those people of the sewage and water board to manage my lunch order. We put a lot of federal and state and local taxpayer money into that operation they need to get their business straight,” Kennedy said.
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