It came onshore last night as a category 4 storm with 150mileperhour winds which would make it the strongest storm tied for the strongest storm ever to hit western louisiana. Its now a category 1 storm still, straight due north of where it came onshore. More than 450,000 people at last report in texas and louisiana are without power. These reports come in fairly slowly. Weve seen bucket trucks getting out there because the winds on the western side of the storm have died down enough for emergency crews to get out. There are still winds inside the storm. Hurricane force winds that are not allowing crews or Emergency Management to get out. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirms the storm has killed at least one person. It was a 14yearold girl in leesville, louisiana, when a tree fell on her. Thats a major source of the damage. Water tends to be the most dangerous part of these things. But after the wind an rain, the trees fall. Thats generally what results in the Power Outages. Acc
BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge s Red Stick Ready organization held a resource fair Saturday at the Main East Baton Rouge Library on Goodwood Boulevard to offer advice on how to best prepare if a storm does hit.