“Does anybody outside this region care?” asks storm survivor; UMCOR answers the call

“There’s a mental exhaustion that sets in and then there’s a fear of ‘Does anybody outside this region care?’” a Lake Charles resident recently told a news wire service. UMCOR’s answer? United Methodists and UMCOR do care.

Hurricane Delta, which came ashore on Friday, Oct. 9, with 101 mph winds and a 9.3 ft. storm surge in coastal Louisiana, has set records. It was the 10th named storm to hit the continental United States this year, surpassing the record number that hit in 1916, according to researchers.

To compound an already tenuous situation, Hurricane Delta began its trek across the region in Cameron Parish, only about 12 miles from where Hurricane Laura made landfall a few weeks before. Hurricane Laura barreled through in late August and killed at least 27 people in the state.

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