Houma focused on recovering after Ida’s destruction

OUT TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.OUR EMAN BOYD REPORTS FROM NEWORLEANS WITH A STORY OFRESIENCE.

LILKLV INTRO HERE IN GENTILLYRESIDENTS ARE CLEANING UP TREEDEBRIS, DOWN POWERLINES.

WE SPOKE WITH ONERESIDENT WHO'S SAYS HE WONT LETTHE DAMAGE KEEP HIMDOWN NATS WILLIAMS SWEEPINGFLOOR MARIUS WILLIAMS: "WE WEREJUST REALLY NERVOUS.

WE JUSTDIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TOWATER OR NOTTRACK FOR NEW ORLEANS NATIVEMARICE WILLIAMS HE WAS CONCERNEDABOUT FLOODING IN HISNEIGHBORHOODBUT HE WASN'T EXPECTING HISCEILING TO CAVE IN FROM STRONGWIS NDMARIUS WILLIAMS: "I WAS VERYCONCERNED.

WE DIDN'TNOW KHOWHIGH IT WAS GOING TO GET AND WEDIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TOBE A 3 OR 4 WHEN IT CAME.

I WASJUST BEING STILL, PRAYG.INTRACK IT'S A FEAR WAY TOOREMINISCENT OF HURRICANE KATRINAWILLIAMS WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHENHE EVACUATED FOR THE STORM IN2005.MARIUS WILLIAMS: "ON THE RADIOWE HEARD PEOPLE CALLING FORHE.

LPWHEN WE HEARDTHAT, WE G ROTEAL NERVOUS."STAND UP BRIDGE EVEN THOUGHWILLIAMS SUFFERED DAMAGED AT HISHOMEHE'S NEVERCONSIDERED MOVING.

HE SAYSIT'S THAT RESILIENCY THATDEFINES THE CITY.MARIUS WILLIAMS: "IT'S JUST WHOWE ARE, WE BOUNCE BACK.

ALLWE'RE GOING TO DO ISPICK UP AND PARTY WHEN MARDIGRAS COMES AROUND."LKLV OUTRO ALTHOUGH WILLIAMSSAYS HE HAS SOME SIGNIFICANTDAMAGE FROM THESTORMHE'S LOOKING AT THEGREATER NEW ORLEANS LIKE JEANLAFITTE AND LAPLACEAND SENDING PRAYER TO THE OSRECOVERING FROM HURRICANE IDA.IN GENTILLY, EMAN BOYD KATC TV3.WE SHARED IMAGES FROM DOWNTOWNNEW ORLEANS DURING OURCONT