REPORTER ELI BRAND, WHO SPENT THE MORNING SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS WHO LITERALLY HAD TO RUN FOR COVER LAST NIGHT DURING THE STORM. AS THE SUN ROSE AND THE FIRST PARISH SHOWED THAT THE DAMAGE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT’S STORMS WERE NOT WIDESPREAD, BUT THEY WERE MAJOR FOR SOME LIKE THIS HOME BEHIND ME HERE ON BAYOU, BEEN DRIVE. BUT IT’S NOT JUST THIS ROAD THAT FELT THAT DAMAGE. IT’S ALSO A STREET OVER. WELL, WE SPOKE TO A MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS THIS CLOSE TO FINISHING HIS RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE IDA. JUST PUT A BUNCH OF MONEY ON HIS BOAT TO FREE NAKED WAS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WAS WOKEN UP BY THE STORM WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE SAYS HE FELT HIS CHIMNEY KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION, WINDOWS BLOWN OUT IN HIS HOME, IN HIS RV, THROWN ON ITS SIDE. NOW JUST FALLEN ASLEEP. AND THE ALARM WENT OFF. THE ALERT AND MY WIFE STARTED HOLLER, LET ME COME DOWNSTAIRS. COME DOWNSTAIRS. THERE’S A TORNADO. AND AS I WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS, I COULD SEE THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. AND WE GOT INTO THE BATHROOM AND NO MORE THAN 15 SECONDS LATER, IT WAS OVER WITH. THE WEATHER ITSELF WAS OVER. BUT THE DAMAGE AND WORK LEFT BEHIND. THE WORK CLOTHES THEY CAN SAYS NOT ONLY DID THE DAMAGE SET HIM BACK TUESDAY, IT ALSO SET BACK HERE ITS REPAIR EFFORTS THAT WERE YEARS IN THE MAKING AFTER HURRICANE IRENE IS TWO DAYS AGO. THEY CAME MADE UP MY GUTTERS TO PUT UP TOMORROW AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PART OF GETTING FINAL ON AMERICAN IDOL STARTING OVER, BUT STILL THANKFUL NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THE STRONG STORMS IN BAYOU. BLUE AIKEN SAYS HE’S ALSO HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE FIXED AS WELL. OH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW THAT. THAT’S WHAT I GET. I PAY INSURANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, AND WE’VE DONE WE REBUILT ONCE ALL REBUILT AGAIN, AS WE GET UPDATES ON THE DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU HERE ON AIR AND ON OUR WEBSITE. EW.COM REPORTING IN TH