Tensions run high in Braithwaite as residents return home after
Hurricane Isaac  Tension high in Braithwaite Residents of
Braithwaite return after Hurricane Isaac.  On the first day that
east bank Plaquemines Parish residents were allowed to access
their homes since Hurricane Isaac's tumult, to survey the damage
and see whether  anything was salvageable, tensions were high.
Roxann Picou and Cheryl Taffaro, both of Braithwaite, pointed
fingers today across the Mississippi River, at Plaquemines
officials that they feel have not given them enough access to
their homes. They wanted to come home sooner than today and they
wanted to bring their own boats in to have more freedom to roam
Many eastern Plaquemines residents say they resent the
Plaquemines government bureaucracy based on the parish's west
bank. Most say that the Plaquemines government did not respond
quickly enough to rescue them during the flood that left nearly
15 feet of floodwater.  After the confrontation with Plaquemines
coastal director P.J. Hah