Tag: Hurricane Audrey

My name is Wayne Hebert.  I’m 78 years old and live three miles southeast of Iowa, La.    In June of 1957 I was 11 years old when I heard a hurricane was coming.  I thought it was going to be a great adventure.  I was young and naive.   We had a dairy.  Power went… Continue reading AUDREY & THE DAIRY

This is an account of Mrs. Sue Lavergne’s experience with Hurricane Audrey in June of 1957. Mrs. Lavergne shared her story with me during a phone call in late May of 2023. I had just turned 8 years old when Hurricane Audrey hit Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana. I had been born and raised most of… Continue reading Mrs. Sue Lavergne’s Hurricane Audrey Story