Although slow-moving Hurricane Isaac passed over Louisiana more than a week ago, the effects of the storm remained evident throughout the Labor Day weekend.
Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 28 as a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds between 96 and 110 mph.  The storm’s impact can be seen across most of the state through the lack of power and areas with people who continue to recover from floodwaters.  
Many residents of Louisiana who are accustomed to stronger hurricane conditions did not expect the category 1 storm to have such an impact.
Kelsie Broussard, nursing senior from St. Amant, said she lives in Ascension Parish, which was under a voluntary evacuation Friday after the storm because of a possible rise in floodwater.  
Broussard said she worked at Thibodaux Regional Hospital for most of the storm but returned to St. Amant to help her family with precautionary actions in case pump stations in St. Amant would stop working.   
“My house could have had a possible six to eight inches of water,” she said.
Broussard said her family worked to pick up important papers and pictures in the threat of a possible flood.  
“Thankfully the pumps continued to work and we stayed high and dry,” Broussard said.  “But my aunt and her family had 6 inches of water in their game room.”  
In the City of Thibodaux, there was no threat of flooding but several businesses remain closed from the damaging winds of Hurricane Isaac.
Cato Fashions at 414 North Canal Blvd. sustained damage to the side of their building from Isaac’s winds.  Store management said the store would remain closed until further notice while repairs are made to the interior and exterior of the store.   
Norm’s Daiquiris and Grill at 303 North Canal Blvd. had the front of its building ripped off by Hurricane Isaac’s winds.  The business received similar damage during Hurricane Gustav in 2008.  
However, the drive-thru at Norm’s opened for business as usual Sunday before Labor Day.  
Another struggle for residents impacted by the storm was the lack of power for several days. According to the Entergy Storm Center at Entergy.com, there were 769,000 customers without electricity at the peak of the power outage from Hurricane Isaac.  
Entergy.com reported that 173 customers out of 41,844 customers served in Lafourche Parish remained without power as of Tuesday afternoon.  In Terrebonne Parish, 95 customers out of 27,086 were still without power.  
Mallory Bourgeois, psychology freshmen from Schriever, said she was out of electricity for several days but understands the need for businesses to get electricity before some residential areas.  
“I think everybody was upset about losing power but it’s part of a hurricane,” Bourgeois said.  “It affected me since we were out of power for so long and lost everything in our refrigerator that we just bought.”  
However, Bourgeois said the lack of power was manageable since she had family close by who did have electricity.
All in all, Entergy.com reported that 92 percent of Entergy Louisiana’s customers had their power restored by Tuesday around noon.  
While local residents are back on track with their normal routines, some southeastern Louisiana parishes continue to battle floodwaters and its effects on their homes.  
According to Kevin Davis, head of the state’s emergency office, more than 2,800 people remain in shelters across Louisiana.  That number is down from the original number of an approximate 4,000 who sought shelter from Hurricane Isaac.   
AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe-modeling firm, estimates Isaac has caused between $700 million and $2 billion in insured onshore losses.