The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ramping up efforts in hopes of getting hundreds of damaged roofs covered with tarps per day as the Hurricane Ida recovery continues in southeast Louisiana.
But some homeowners say they cannot wait on the federal program to protect their homes, so they are hiring private companies to do the work.
Lt. Colonel Thomas Jason Sears is Commander of the Corps of Engineers Emergency Field Office for the New Orleans District. He said the program is free to anybody that qualifies, which basically depends upon the damage of your house He said right now, they are at 56,000 roofs and counting.
The number of completed jobs so far is approaching a thousand.
