Hurricane Laura: Photos From the Co-op Response

A satellite view of Hurricane Laura on the morning of Aug. 27, 2020. (Image Courtesy: NOAA)

Hurricane Laura moved inland as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 120 mph, breaking branches and tearing down trees near Lafayette, Louisiana. (Photo By: SLEMCO)

Co-op crews and contractors gather trucks and supplies in a SLEMCO staging area for Hurricane Laura restoration. (Photo By: SLEMCO)

SLEMCO crews work to remove tree limbs and repair downed power lines in southern Louisiana. (Photo By: SLEMCO)

Crews from Summerdale, Alabama-based Baldwin EMC assemble for mutual aid work in Louisiana. (Photo By: Baldwin EMC)

With the help of contractors and co-op mutual aid crews, Sam Houston Electric Cooperative restored service to about 6,000 meters within 24 hours of Hurricane Laura moving through its territory. (Photo By: Sam Houston EC)

A crew from Arkadelphia-based South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative works to repair downed lines and damaged poles. (Photo By: SCAEC)

Beauregard Electric Cooperative in southern Louisiana faced a total system failure from winds topping 120 mph. (Photo By: Beauregard EC)

Beauregard Electric Cooperative in southern Louisiana faced a total system failure from winds topping 120 mph during Hurricane Laura. (Photo By: Beauregard EC)

Cattle roam in flooded fields in Vermilion Parish, south of Abbeville Louisiana. (Photo By: Mary Laurent/SLEMCO)

Crews from Missouri electric co-ops prepare to roll out and provide assistance to Beauregard Electric Cooperative in Louisiana. (Photo By: Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives)

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative crew member Nick Baker loads supplies onto a bucket truck on the morning of August 28. Baker was one of ten lineworkers sent by Bluebonnet to help Deep East Texas Cooperative, based in San Augustine County. (Photo By: Sarah Beal/Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)

Beauregard Electric Cooperative's "Tent City," set up in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana to serve BECI employees and mutual aid co-op crews from nearby areas and states. (Photo by BECI)

Brian Lasiter, a lineworker from Covington Electric Cooperative in Alabama, works on a damaged distribution line in the Beauregard Electric Cooperative service area in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. (Photo Courtesy: Covington Electric Cooperative)

Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc lineworker Mason Crow works to restore power in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana after Hurricane Laura. (Photo by BECI)