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Houma. Grand Isle. Morgan City. Thibodaux. Larose. Cut Off. Golden Meadow. Galliano. Raceland. LaPlace. Odds are most people outside of our community have never heard the names of these towns but we need y’all to keep us in mind right now.

Even local news stations aren’t reporting very much about our smaller communities that have taken a horrific amount of damage.

Ida was devastating for a lot of people in a number of parishes. But Louisiana isn’t just New Orleans and Baton Rouge— please, please keep the rest of us in mind too.

If you’re so inclined to help out with Hurricane Ida relief, please consider donating to the following:

The Mutual Aid Response Network

Cajun Navy Relief & The United Cajun Navy

Nicholls State University Hurricane Relief Fund

World Central Kitchen

Another Gulf Is Possible

Second Harvest Food Bank

Covenant House

Fletcher Emergency Fund

Bayou Community Foundation

…or to any number of individuals and families requesting direct aid.

(Photos taken from Houma Today and The Advocate, Tweet from @Tbaxby_)

cockymclaughlin

i know i'm posting about this a lot, but this is my entire life right now. my hometown has been absolutely devastated. the towns surrounding my hometown have been absolutely devastated. i'm screaming into the void in hopes of being heard because we have no coverage. i want to be very clear that new orleans suffered, yes, but they did not suffer catastrophic damage. the new orleans area is going to bounce back much faster than my hometown will. we have no water, no electricity, and absolutely no news coverage.

pay attention to anything talking about grande isle, fourchon, chauvin, dulac, dularge, bourg, houma, thibodaux, lockport, raceland, larose, cocodrie, shreiver, gray. there's so many more, i know there are, but these are the places i can think of right now.

if you want to donate, by all means donate, but look for these city names. louisiana is more than just new orleans. tens of thousands of people are dealing with catastrophic loss, and it feels like nobody is concerned about us.

we need resources, we need updates, we need something.

remember the names of those cities. look for the names of those cities when you're deciding to help. please.