Published August 31, 2008
Late in the afternoon the day Hurricane Audrey
hit the Bunkie/Evergreen area, my two brother in laws, Bill
Albritton and John Francois, and I went to my home in Evergreen to
repair the roof on our home. We left Bunkie in a hard rain and with
the wind blowing and gusting. On the way to Evergreen, I did not see
one utility pole on the side Hwy. 29 which was still standing - each
had been broken at different heights, but all the tops were on the
ground.
When we got to my home, my mother was frightened
and distraught over the activities surrounding the hurricane. The
corner of the roof in the direction of my grandmother's home had
been peeled back about half way the lower sheets of tin and rain was
pouring into the back bedroom. I don't know how Bill and John
completed the job without falling from the roof, but they
straightened out the sheets of tin while on the roof, and nailed
them back in place.
My mother continued to thank them for weeks on
end about their courageous job of repairing the roof during such
adverse and dangerous conditions.
