LAKE CHARLES, La. – A blue tarp covered a hole in their roof, torn open when the last hurricane blew through.
Friday night, the next hurricane tried to rip the tarp away. Earnestine and Milton Wesley had decided to ride out Hurricane Delta in their Lake Charles home, damaged just weeks earlier by Hurricane Laura.
As the wind rustled the tarp above them, they grabbed it through the hole in the ceiling and held on tight. Water poured in, flooding their den. “We fought all night long trying to keep things intact,” Milton said. “And with God’s help we made it.”Delta made landfall Friday evening near the coastal town of Creole with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph).