Lafourche Parish
Shutters and screens across Lafourche Parish, from Thibodaux to Fourchon.
Nu Code Shutters is headquartered in Thibodaux and installs the length of Lafourche Parish, from the north end down through Cut Off, Galliano, Golden Meadow, and Port Fourchon. Design wind speed steps up sharply the further south you go along Bayou Lafourche.
- Wind speed
- Design wind speed: 145 to 160 mph depending on latitude.
- Best-fit products
- Accordion shutters north of Larose; roll-down screens and marine-grade Bahama shutters south of Larose where coastal exposure and evacuation-timing pressure are higher.
- Recent storm history
- Hurricane Ida (2021) tracked directly up Bayou Lafourche and remains the defining wind event for most of the parish. Delta and Zeta (2020) both caused parish-wide damage in the same season. Older residents still reference Andrew (1992) and Betsy (1965).