Hours after Hurricane Laura slammed ashore, Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said during a TV interview that it looked like his state had been “bombed” by the Category 4 monster.

“I’m not going to bubble-wrap it. We took it full in the face. We still are. This is a huge storm,” the Republican lawmaker said on Fox News, where he compared Laura to Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago.

“Katrina was 400 miles wide. This is 500 miles wide … we had one death. I hope that’s all we have,” said Kennedy, 68, referring to a 14-year-old girl who was killed when a tree toppled onto her home in Leesville.

“It looks like you’ve been bombed and people are in shock and — but your first concern can’t be property, it has to be life,” he said as he described the widespread devastation.

“The surge wasn’t as bad as we thought but the wind was as reported. Based on past experience, we’ll have billions of dollars of damage,” Kennedy said.

“The toughest part is yet to come. You know, when the adrenaline stops and the cameras go away and you get a little rest, you kind of get up and just look at it and go, ‘Man, you know, how do we rebuild here?’ And you just do it by getting up in the morning and putting one foot down and taking another step,” he added.

“Failure is not getting knocked down, failure is not standing back up — and we’ll stand back up. Louisianians are tough as a pine knot and we’ll be back.”