St. Mary residents started their Monday morning by picking up limbs and leaves, worrying about when the power would come back on and counting their blessings. Hurricane Ida, a strong contender to be remembered as the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in two centuries, made a slight eastward turn Saturday afternoon and spared St. Mary from the level of wind damage and flooding seen elsewhere. Ida came ashore just before noon Sunday near Port Fourchon as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph. It moved back over water and then made landfall again at Galliano. Ida remained a hurricane for ...