Home in Kenner takes on water during Hurricane Francine

O'CONNOR, WHO I BELIEVE IS IN ANOTHER HOME THAT TOOK ON WATER EARLIER TODAY. SHAY, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE? DEFINITELY MORGAN FIRST, I JUS T WANTED TO SAY, I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OUR COVERAGE. ALL DAY. WELL, ALL MORNING EARLIER IT WAS HARD TO GET TO A LOT OF THESE AREAS HERE IN KENNER BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THE FLOODED ROADS. SO FINALLY, A LOT OF THOSE ROADS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOODWATERS, IT HAS RECEDED. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET SOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING MISS MICHELLE. MICHELLE, I'LL HAVE YOU COME OVER HERE. TELL ME, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING HERE? WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE. MARCH 24TH, 2000. SO WE'VE BEEN HERE 24 YEARS. DEFINITELY. AND I KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WERE ONE OF SEVERAL HOMES ALONGG THIS STREET THAT YOU KNOW, HAD SOME WATER IN THE HOME. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. IT ACTUALLY STARTED YESTERDAY. WE ACTUALLY STARTED GETTING WATER FROM THE ONCE THE CANAL ROSE. I GUESS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY TOLD US THAT PUMPS WASN'T ON OR WHATEVER IT STARTED IN OUR BEDROOM FROM MY BEDROOM. IT SUCCEEDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TWO BATHROOMS. TWO BEDROOMS, A GARAGE WENT UP ALL THE WAY UP AND IT STOPPED RIGHT. BASICALLY HALFWAY HERE IN THE KITCHEN AND THE LIVING ROOM. SO EVERYTHING IS YOU CAN SEE THE FLOORS ARE STARTING TO BUCKLE ALREADY. IF YOU TRY TO LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, BUT IT'S BEEN HORRIBLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HAVE NOT SLEPT. WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SO. IT'S UPSETTING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE 52 TOWELS AND THEY'RE ALL DONE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE OUTSIDE TOO, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. APPARENTLY THEY BLEW OFF OUR SHED DOOR AND IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD SEE IT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT GOT DAMAGED IN THE SHED, BUT EVERYTHING OUT IN THE SHED IS PRETTY MUCH COMING OUT OF IT. AND OUR LIVING ROOM. LOOK, I MEAN, OUR KITCHEN LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUR BACKYARD THREW UP IN IT BECAUSE WE HAD TO PULL EVERYTHING INSIDE. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE OUTCOME I MEAN, WATER EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT MY HOUSE NORMALLY LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, I STILL OKAY, IT'S OKAY. I ACTUALLY SEE WATER STILL HERE IN THE KITCHEN. AND MICHELLE, I MEAN, JUST IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW. I KNOW YOU TOLD ME THE LAST TIME YOU FLOODED WAS DURING HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005. YES. TALK ABOUT THAT. WE FLOODED IN 2005 FOR KATRINA BECAUSE THEY THE THEY LEFT THE PUMPS DIDN'T GET TURNED ON. THEY THEY LEFT. AND WHICH IS HONEST, YOU KNOW, WE WERE A CATEGORY FIVE AT THE TIME. SO YOU KNOW I GET IT. WE HAD LIKE 14IN OF WATER THAT CAME INTO THE HOUSE. SO THE WHOLE ENTIRE HOUSE WAS DAMAGED. WELL, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A CATEGORY ONE. HOWEVER, WATER ROSE ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE. CAME IN THROUGH THE RIGHT HERE. IT STOPPED BASICALLY HERE. AND THEN THE ONLY PLACE THAT DIDN'T GET WATER WAS THE FRONT OF THE KITCHEN IN FRONT OF THE LIVING ROOM. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WENT UNDER. EVEN MY DAUGHTER'S VEHICLE WENT UNDER WATER. THANK GOD FOR WE DON'T KNOW IF OUR TRUCK GOT WATER IN IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T OPENED THE VEHICLES YET. SO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, I FINALLY FELL ASLEEP. MAYBE FOR AN HOUR OR SO, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, I LOOK HORRIBLE. I'M SORRY, BUT YEAH, IT'S A VERY, VERY UPSETTING BECAUSE EVERYTHING OUT THERE IS BRAND NEW BECAUSE OF IDA. IDA BLEW OFF OUR PATIO COVER AND HALF OF OUR ROOF, SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW ROOF, A NEW. AND WE JUST GOT A NEW FENCE. YOU CAN TELL THE FENCE IS. AND NOW THE FENCE IS HALFWAY DOWN AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, OKAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN. I KNOW YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU ALL ARE OKAY, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. I MEAN, AS LONG AS WE'RE HAPPY, I MEAN, WE'RE HEALTHY. WE'RE HERE. WE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE. WE HAVE FOOD, WE HAVE WATER. WE'RE FINE. YOU KNOW, MATERIAL THINGS CAN BE REPLACED. IT'S JUST UPSETTING WHEN YOU JUST HAVE EVERYTHING BRAND NEW AGAIN AND IT GETS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU. IT'S LIKE, WOW, HERE WE GO. YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET. SAME THING YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE. AND THEN OUR POOR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR JUST HAD A BRAND NEW BABY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY STAYED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE I TOLD THEM, LIKE, WE'RE HERE, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'LL COME RUNNING. WE DID RUN IN THE RAIN A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE WE KEPT SEEING THINGS GOING DOWN. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. HOW IS YOUR HUSBAND TAKING IT? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT HE JUST HAD A SURGERY OR. YES, HE JUST GOT OPERATED ON LAST WEEK. HE HAD ACHILLES AND TENDONS CUT OPEN WIDE OPEN, HAD TO TAKE THE HE HAD A BONE SPUR AND HE COULDN'T DO NOTHING. SO BASICALLY IT WAS MY DAUGHTERS AND I WHO TOOK CARE OF THE HOUSE AND HE'S JUST HE FELT HELPLESS. HE'S LIKE, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE HE'S'S A STRONG MAN. HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING AND DOES EVERYTHING WILL. MEANWHILE, WE HAD TO DO IT. WE OPEN UP OUR GATES JUST LAST NIGHT BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IF THE WIND WAS GOING TO BLOW, AT LEAST LET IT OPEN AND LET THE WIND GO. BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M LOOKING AT OUR FENCE AND OUR FENCE IS ALMOST DOWN AGAIN. BRAND NEW. AND THIS ONE STOOD UP. THANK GOD. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE WE'RE SURVIVING. I'LL BE OKAY. I'LL BE OKAY. I KNOW IT'S I THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO ME. I'M SO SORRY TO MEET YOU UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'M HAPPY TO MEET YOU. WE'RE GOINGOING TO GO AHEAD ON D JUST PITCH IT BACK OVER TO YOU ALL. BUT AGAIN, JUST GOING TO HEAD ON AND ASSESSING