Houma Oysterman’s Life Left in Shambles by Hurricane Ida

By Ed Lallo

Gulf Seafood News

For more than six hours fifth-generation Houma oysterman Jacob David Hulse, his girlfriend Lindsey Willis and his dog Change huddled in an the oyster shop of friend Kenneth (Keno) Templet struggling to keep the walls and roof from caving as the more than 140-mph winds of Hurricane Ida continuously battered away at the structure. When the winds started to subside, Hulse thought he had gone through the worst of it. Like many Louisiana fishermen are finding out, his troubles were only beginning after the storm was finished.

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