Kicking off the 2022 Blessing of the Fleet festivities wxxv25.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wxxv25.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
thick area of louisiana, almost always battered by hurricanes that hit the louisiana coast. most of the houses are on stilts. it s fun when it s in good times and it is very dangerous when storms like this approach. at this point, there is nowhere to go. john: i was telling you about the shrimp king of grand isle, his house is built like a fortress. i saw an aerial shot that it is okay. the latest on folks trying to recover, hey, jeff. this town took a direct hit as hurricane ida came off the gulf. some of these home survived several feet of storm surge but the winds were too much. this home was knocked off its foundation and tossed about 50 feet. boats are flipped over. homes that lost their roofs.
to get a first look at the damage from the storm. that is a live drone image on the left side of your screen there. poydras and south rampart street, sort of the business district they are not far from city hall. as you can see, complete devastation. that is one of two of those restaurants, john, that we ve been showing. one of the originals. every time we have these storms, something they can say has survived many hurricanes or storms passed, something goes by the wayside and it s just a horrible look at the destruction there. john: i m interested to know how dean blanchard, the shrimp king of grand isle, whether this. he s got a house on grand isle that is built like a bunker on stilts. sandra: all the houses there are. [laughs] john: his is built like a tank, a colleague of mine was with him during a category three hurricane when it came through some time after katrina.
Shrimp King on Route 130 in Robbinsville is Not Closed for Good wpst.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wpst.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Boat after boat lined up in the Biloxi Channel to be blessed at this year’s 92nd annual Blessing of the Fleet. Vessels sailed through the Biloxi Channel to be blessed by Holy Water and graced by royalty like the Shrimp King and Queen. Every year, the crown is passed on and this year’s King is […]