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With Barry’s impacts slowly beginning to fade, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said he wants to thank all of the people within TPSO, as well as those working for others for their hard work and dedication during the tropical emergency.
“I watched as our deputies endured rain and wind at checkpoints to keep people safe, while working long hours during separation from their own families, and I am very proud of them all,” Sheriff Larpenter said. “Even now, a full day after we came out of emergency mode, deputies are working with inmates on the parish floodgates, clearing them of debris to aid restoration of normal operations. Terrebonne Parish President Gordon Dove, his Consolidated Government workers, members of various volunteer fire departments, staff at the Emergency Operations Center, the Coast Guard, and so many other people put community first and helped us come through this without people suffering injuries or loss of life.”
As of Monday afternoon, all major roadways in Terrebonne Parish are passable. Waters that had risen over the weekend had gone down.
Larpenter said inmates supervised by deputies and officers using heavy equipment focused their energy on Monday toward removing debris in the vicinity of floodgates.
As water rises, it carries debris including trees, planks and other items that can damage components of the levee system.
