Terrebonne Parish Library
We feel like we are reliving Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita here in Terrebonne. We sustained minimal damage during Hurricane Gustav, but we are having severe flooding in the rural bayou communities of Terrebonne for Hurricane Ike. I do not have any information on 4 bayou branches because the levees were breached or broke in these communities. Some of the structures have over 5 feet of water. I know of two staff members who have over 2 feet of water in their homes and have more employees in the bayou communites that I have not heard from yet.
We will open the main library on Monday, Sept. 15 pending the sustainability of electricity. There is no Internet service at any of the libraries because the service company lost towers and some of our satellites were either bent or flew off to other places. We are working with an alternative service provider because we know people will desperately need Internet access after the devastation of Hurricane Ike.
Mary Cosper LeBoeuf
