The Storm’s Winds Also Ripped Roofs Off
Further up Route 1 in the town of Galliano, debris was pushed from the shore into canal by the storm. Full-sized boats were tossed in the canal like toys, ending up sideways and wedged across the entire canal. Ida’s winds also appear to have ripped the roofs off a church on 186th St and a food store on 184th St.
The storm’s eye passing through Lafourche Parish also ripped the roof off of the Lady of the Sea General Hospital, an acute care 25-bed inpatient hospital in Galliano; part of the roof coming off was captured in a dramatic video on social media. Hospital staff reported that all patients survived, but the hospital has suffered significant damage.
