‘Katrina Didn’t Do Anything to Us’
This image shows extensive damage to the Superior Shipyard and Fabrication shipyard along Route 1 just south of Golden Meadow, located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the north of Grand Isle. It’s part of Lafourche Parish, which truly bore the brunt of Ida in multiple ways.
Among the impacts, the storm wiped out between 20% and 30% of the shrimping boats in the town. That will further put the pinch on shrimpers who were already feeling squeezed by lower demand.
“We’ve never seen anything this powerful around here before,” shrimper Russell Plaisance told Reuters. “Katrina didn’t do anything to us. We’re just gonna try and survive.”
