Gulf Coast Prepares For Next Hurricane

New Orleans, LA (UP) -- As Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula shake off the debris from Hurricane Wilma, Canada's Atlantic Provinces hunker down for their turn at the hands of this monster Hurricane.

Meanwhile, with over 30 days left in the Hurricane season residents of the Gulf Coast are preparing for the worst case scenario... yet another Monster Storm.

Gas, food and water are being stockpiled, sand bags are being filled, ditches dug out, and, we have just learned, Houses are being raised.

Up and down the still soggy streets of New Orleans, residents are slowly filtering back into the city. Determined to not have a repeat of Katrina, many residents are raising their homes onto pillars hoping to avoid flood waters that can be meters deep.

Will it help?! Only time will tell. After the next storm rips through this still recovering area, we will return to see how this determined population fared.

Reported by:

Michael Valiant