Kenner family’s home flooded twice by hurricanes in 3 years time

Louisiana family who just rebuilt after Ida has home damaged by Francine’s floodwaters

Updated: 10:29 PM EDT Sep 12, 2024

WANTING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BUT YEAH, WE ARE LIVE HERE IN KENNER. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN A HOME HERE IN KENNER AND NOT TOO LONG AGO YOU HEARD FROM KENDALL WHO SAID, WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE. EIGHT HOURS MAKES THAT ALL OF THE WATER IS REALLY RECEDING IN KENNER. AND YES, THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS AND SOMETHING THAT WE’VE SEEN AS WELL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING HERE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF ALL OF THAT WATER. SOME OF IT GETTING INTO THEIR HOMES, INCLUDING SABRINA, WHO HAS SO KINDLY INVITED US INTO HER HOME. YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY VULNERABLE SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW. AND FRUSTRATING. I KNOW TOO. SO, SABRINA, I JUST KIND OF WANT YOU TO WALK NEIL AND I THROUGH RIGHT HERE AND SHOW US IF YOU CAN, SABRINA, AND TELL ME TO WHAT WE ARE ARE STEPPING IN NOW, WHAT YOU GUYS DEALT WITH OVERNIGHT. SO LAST NIGHT MY MY TWO CHILDREN AND I WERE HERE. MY HUSBAND IS ACTUALLY A FIRST RESPONDER. SO HE WAS HE’S BEEN WORKING SINCE TUESDAY WITH ALL THIS. BUT WE WERE HERE AND PROBABLY AROUND 7:00 THE WATER STARTED COMING IN THE BACK DOOR. AND WE DID TRY TO PUT TOWELS IN FRONT OF IT AND EVERYTHING TO TRY TO. WE DID NOT THINK THAT IT WAS GOING TO SURGE IN LIKE IT DID, AND IT JUST ENDED UP REALLY SURGING IN LAST NIGHT. AND WE WERE STANDING UP TO PASS AND WATER. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW TO YOU ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE WATER LINE WHERE THE WATER CAME UP INTO YOUR HOME. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A COUPLE OF INCHES HERE ALONG YOUR WALL WHERE IT WAS JUST SITTING AND IT JUST SAT AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT CAME UP, IT CAME UP TO YOUR CAP TO. YEAH. SO IT WAS PRETTY HIGH. YOU JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND WHAT WATER. AND IT JUST SURGED IN ON THE KIDS AND I, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP HAVING TO GET OUT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE WE COULDN’T STAY. IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT’S ON THE COUCHES. IT’S EVERYWHERE. I KNOW IT’S ON THE CABINETS TOO. SO WE’LL KIND OF WALK HERE THROUGH YOUR KITCHEN. AND I MEAN, TO LEAD THE WAY HERE. YOU CAN LEAD THE WAY HERE. SABRINA AND JUST KIND OF SHOW US TOO. I KNOW THAT THE WATER, THE DEBRIS, OF COURSE. YEAH. LEFT BEHIND THERE TOO. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LINE HERE, I KNOW IT, IT SOAKED THE CABINETS IN HERE AND THEN. YEP. TELL US WHAT WE’RE STEPPING IN RIGHT HERE. WE’RE STANDING IN THE WATER. IT WAS ACTUALLY SO NOT ONLY WAS IT COMING THROUGH THE DOORS, IT WAS COMING OUT OF THE PIPES AND THE SHOWER AND THE TOILETS. SO AND WE’RE STILL STANDING IN THE REMNANTS OF IT HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT’S LINGERING HERE IN HER KITCHEN, WHICH IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH. WHAT WAS IT LIKE DEALING WITH IT LAST NIGHT? IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR IDA. WE DID NOT STAY. WE DID LEAVE. AND GO TO TEXAS. BUT THIS ONE, WE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE AS BAD. BUT BEING HERE, I’M NOT GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED IDA, WHICH IS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE’VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS KENNER. EVEN THE POLICE CHIEF OF KENNER, WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE HIT SO HARD BY THAT STORM JUST OVER NOW, A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO NOW WITH THE POLICE TELLING ME THAT WAS FOR IDA. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT WAS A ROOF EVENT, A WIND EVENT WHERE THEIR ROOFS WERE IMPACTED. I KNOW YOU WERE IMPACTED BY WATER THE SAME WAY FOR IDA. AND THEN YOU WERE TELLING ME, YOU YOU REDID YOUR WHOLE HOME SO YOUR HOME IS BRAND NEW. AND NOW DEALING WITH THIS SOAKING WATER AGAIN, THREE YEARS LATER, WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR HOME RIGHT AFTER IDA? WE ACTUALLY HAD CREWS. SINCE MY HUSBAND IS A FIRST RESPONDER FOR KENNER, WE HAD CREWS COME IN, THANK GOODNESS FROM NEW YORK THAT WERE IN THE 911, AND THEY CAME IN AND THEY ACTUALLY HELPED US GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THE HOUSE. WOW, WOW. AND YOU MENTIONED YOUR YOUR HUSBAND IS A FIRST RESPONDER TOO. I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN OUT SINCE TUESDAY. YOU SAID HELPING PEOPLE, IF ANYONE WAS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEEDED SOME HELP. I KNOW HE JUST WATCHED THOSE LIGHTS FLICKER. I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU SAID. THANK GOODNESS THAT YOU HAVEN’T LOST POWER YET, BUT I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND, SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE FIRST RESPONDERS. ANY MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY’RE WORKING SO TIRELESSLY AND CONTINUE TO RIGHT NOW. BLESS YOU BOYS AND WOMEN. YOU KNOW, STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE. IF YOU NEED TO. THEY’LL GET TO YOU EVENTUALLY. THEY’RE TRYING THEIR HARDEST AND WORKING NONSTOP. THEY HAVEN’T STOPPED SINCE TUESDAY, BUT AT LEAST THE ONES IN KENNER, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THEN. THEY HAVEN’T LEFT. THEY REALLY HAVE. AND WE’VE SEEN THAT IN THE FIREFIGHTERS. THE POLICE, AS WELL. REALLY QUICK, QUICK. SABRINA, WHAT DO THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND DAYS FOR YOU LOOK LIKE AS YOU TRY TO CLEAN UP NOW FROM ALL THE WATER? AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE REMNANTS OF IT HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT WAS SEVERAL INCHES THAT SURGED INTO YOUR HOME. BUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS? LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ARE JUST GOING TO BE EVALUATION AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE A TALLY OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DON’T HAVE. SEND IT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. AND YOU KNOW, START OVER. REALLY CLEANING UP THIS AGAIN. YOU’RE LOOKING HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LINES HERE, THE DEBRIS LINES OF JUST HOW MUCH WATER IS SOAKING SOME

Louisiana family who just rebuilt after Ida has home damaged by Francine’s floodwaters

Updated: 10:29 PM EDT Sep 12, 2024

More than 50 homes took on water in Kenner, Louisiana, after Hurricane Francine brought a widespread flood threat to the area. Kenner resident Sabrina is now cleaning up after ankle-deep water finally receded from her home.According to Sabrina, water began surging through her back door. Her couches, kitchen cabinets and floors were covered with water. During Hurricane Ida, the family’s home was also damaged by floodwaters. In fact, Sabrina said that they had just renovated her entire house and are now picking up the pieces again. Sabrina’s husband is a first responder who has been working for days helping others during Francine’s wake.She said first responders from New York who were in town for a 9/11 event came to the home to help her and her kids get to safety. “Bless you men and women,” Sabrina said. “Stay where you are; Kenner emergency responders will get to you.” Sabrina says her family’s next step will be taking pictures and starting the rebuilding process all over again.

More than 50 homes took on water in Kenner, Louisiana, after Hurricane Francine brought a widespread flood threat to the area.

Kenner resident Sabrina is now cleaning up after ankle-deep water finally receded from her home.

According to Sabrina, water began surging through her back door.

Her couches, kitchen cabinets and floors were covered with water.

During Hurricane Ida, the family’s home was also damaged by floodwaters. In fact, Sabrina said that they had just renovated her entire house and are now picking up the pieces again.

Sabrina’s husband is a first responder who has been working for days helping others during Francine’s wake.

She said first responders from New York who were in town for a 9/11 event came to the home to help her and her kids get to safety.

“Bless you men and women,” Sabrina said. “Stay where you are; Kenner emergency responders will get to you.”

Sabrina says her family’s next step will be taking pictures and starting the rebuilding process all over again.