Clayton Borne says that he “overbuilt” when he raised his house on Mandeville’s Lakeshore Drive right before Hurricane Katrina — so much so that it got some post-storm attention for how to build around water.

But Hurricane Ida’s powerful and long-lasting winds still put the stately 1840s-era home to the test. “I never felt the house vibrate before,” he said as he sat on his porch Tuesday morning.

He lost the banisters leading up the long flight of stairs to his front porch. Rain also got in when the winds against the slate roof lifted up the widow’s walk on the top of the house, allowing water to blow in……..

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