Home smashed: For one family, Hurricane Laura the 3rd strike
By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press HACKBERRY, Louisiana (AP) — Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into his white, wooden home in Hackberry, Louisiana, a tiny Cameron Parish community 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Gulf of Mexico. Next came Ike in 2008, which pushed water up to the floor of the long mobile home where his daughter and