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UL Lafayette launches reporting dashboard for COVID-19 cases

Wed, 09/02/2020 - 12:21pm

LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will report positive COVID-19 cases via a public dashboard that launched Wednesday.
The dashboard can be accessed here. It will be updated by 5 p.m. daily to reflect positive, documented cases confirmed the previous day. Cases reported between Friday and Sunday will be posted on the following Monday.
UL Lafayette created the dashboard “in the interest of transparency and accuracy,” said Dr. Jaimie Hebert, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

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Abbeville General

Abbeville General evacuating five patients after issues arise with generator

Wed, 09/02/2020 - 11:18am

Abbeville General is in the process of evacuating five inpatients due to power disruptions from the City of Abbeville and in-house emergency generator failure.
The hospital has been operating on generator power to help take pressure off the city’s electrical system, which is having issues after Hurricane Laura.
The hospital’s generator became non-functional Wednesday morning with a manifold leak, and there is no additional back-up.
According to a spokesperson for Abbeville General, the back-up generators have been secured and are en route to the hospital.

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FEMA qualifies Vermilion for Individual Assistance

Wed, 09/02/2020 - 8:15am

Vermilion Parish has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Individual Assistance and not Public Assistance.
Vermilion Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Becky Broussard received an e-mail from state representative Ryan Bourriaque informing Vermilion Parish officials that Vermilion is now one of only nine parishes who qualified for Individual Assistance.

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Lonnie Vidrine, left, talks with Kerry Richard, who is in charge of the maintenance department for the school district. Vidrine spent the night at FIEB and good thing he was there because the pumps kicked off during the hurricane

Vidrine stays at FIEB to make sure school was safe from flooding

Tue, 09/01/2020 - 8:43am

Lonnie Vidrine, who works for the school district’s maintenance department, had a hunch that something bad would happen to the water pumps at Forked Island/E. Broussard School. Because of his suspicion, Lonnie and his son Blake decided to sleep in the school to protect it.
His hunch was correct.
Hours before Hurricane Laura was going to make landfall in Cameron Parish, the Vidrine men decided they would babysit the pumps and the dirt levy which surrounds the school. Lonnie’s wife headed to Dallas to avoid the storm, but Lonnie did not want to go.

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