Franklin mayor says city was blessed with minimal storm damage from Hurricane Francine

ST. MARY PARISH, LA (KLFY) — Franklin Mayor Eugene Foulcard said despite a few bumps and bruises from the storm, the city is getting back to normal quickly.

“You could ride around Franklin right now, and you wouldn’t even know a storm passed through here yesterday,” he said.

The mayor said the city experienced the usual storm damage of knocked down trees, power outages and flooding in come parts of the city. But to his knowledge, there were no homes with severe water damage, he said.

He said the city was blessed to be outside the areas that were heavily impacted by the storm.

“Look at what happened in Lakeside and Morgan City or some of the subdivisions in Berwick that were completely inundated with water. With that being said, I think in Franklin we were very fortunate that no one was flooded inside of their homes,” Foulcard said.

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The Franklin community played a vital role in the quick turnaround from the hurricane, picking up debris and helping others who were impacted more than them.

Lindsey Senete, a resident of Morgan City, came to help clean up Franklin streets with her family.

“We knew that our family was going to need help with this kind of stuff because we knew that trees were falling branches everywhere and we thought it was an act of kindness to come to help out and do goodness,” said Senete.

Foulcard said public works and utility crews worked tirelessly all night and morning to alleviate flooding and get the city back up and running.

“We’re here at City Hall. We’re back to work. We’re taking care of business as normal. And we haven’t missed a beat,” the mayor said.