HOUMA, La. (WGNO) — It has been nearly a month since Hurricane Ida ripped through Houma and the devastation is evident across the town. If you drive down almost any street, you’ll see blue roofs on homes and debris and furniture on the side of the road. But families like the Knapp’s are grateful to be here.

“I just thank God we have a home and a place to live,” said Houma resident Vivian Use-Knapp.

Use-Knapp is finding comfort in making her first seafood gumbo of the season. It’s a small piece of normalcy she’s holding onto, even though her home was substantially damaged by Ida.

“The ceiling fell down and the roof has a whole in it through my bathroom. I just got off that bathroom, out that bathroom, thank God I wasn’t, I could’ve got hurt really bad,” said Use-Knapp…………

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