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Central mayor worried about city’s future in the wake of flood
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:51 pm
An estimated 25,000 of Central’s nearly 27,000 residents were affected by the recent flood, according to the city’s mayor, Jr. Shelton, who says he’s concerned some neighborhoods might not be able to rebuild.
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As in other flood-ravaged parts of the Capital Region, the vast majority of Central’s property owners don’t have flood insurance, which will make the cost of rebuilding, for many, prohibitive.
this is crazy because the entire area is a flood zone
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As in other flood-ravaged parts of the Capital Region, the vast majority of Central’s property owners don’t have flood insurance, which will make the cost of rebuilding, for many, prohibitive.
this is crazy because the entire area is a flood zone
This post was edited on 8/23/16 at 3:53 pm
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Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:53 pm to mpar98
i drove through central today. looked like a scene from a movie. completely unreal.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:53 pm to mpar98
meth is coming to a neighborhood near you 
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:54 pm to Nado Jenkins83
some parts have the means to rebuild. at least half of us in my neighborhood did in fact carry flood ins. there are a few pockets that will have real problems though....
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Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:55 pm to mpar98
Well it didn't help that he sent out letters to many Central residents just two months prior to the flood stating that they were no longer in a flood zone and could contact their flood insurance companies about dropping it. I know he wasn't the one who rezoned much of Central but from what I understand he was a huge proponent of rezoning. Terrible timing for those letters to go out just before this flood.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:55 pm to DaTroof
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Well it didn't help that he sent out letters to many Central residents just two months prior to the flood stating that they were no longer in a flood zone and could contact their flood insurance companies about dropping it. I know he wasn't the one who rezoned much of Central but from what I understand he was a huge proponent of rezoning. Terrible timing for those letters to go out just before this flood.
lol, yea that didnt help matters at all
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:55 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Well sure it is.
95% of people will walk away from their mortgages because they can't pay 2 mortgages in order to renovate their houses from scratch.
Then those houses will sell for pennies on the dollar and be resold for a big profit.
The people that left will have to go out of Livingston to find houses to buy or rent
95% of people will walk away from their mortgages because they can't pay 2 mortgages in order to renovate their houses from scratch.
Then those houses will sell for pennies on the dollar and be resold for a big profit.
The people that left will have to go out of Livingston to find houses to buy or rent
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:56 pm to mpar98
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this is crazy because the entire area is a flood zone
No, it's not. Actually most of central was just rezoned in the last month or so to be OUT of a flood zone.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:57 pm to gmrkr5
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lol, yea that didnt help matters at all
oh that's a problem...maybe that's why he's doing a lot of finger pointing
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:58 pm to mpar98
My neighborhood was spared as a whole, still damage though. I was fortunate water stopped at my slab.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 3:59 pm to mpar98
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Central mayor worried about city’s future in the wake of flood
Lucky for Central, most of their resident's employment sources were not impacted. Life will return to normal for them. It's going to be a difficult year, but it will get better.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:01 pm to member12
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Lucky for Central, most of their resident's employment sources were not impacted. Life will return to normal for them. It's going to be a difficult
I don't think you understand how this works.
Just because you have a job, doesn't mean you can afford to effectively double your mortgage with no repercussions.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:01 pm to Fat and Happy
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The people that left will have to go out of Livingston to find houses to buy or rent
There isn't a lot of alternative housing stock available anywhere. Livingston, Ascension, Central, Zachary, and Baton Rouge all have a lot of housing stock removed from inventory temporarily.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:01 pm to member12
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Lucky for Central, most of their resident's employment sources were not impacted. Life will return to normal for them. It's going to be a difficult year, but it will get better.
agreed
my neighbors have all started rebuilding already. cleanup/gutting is done
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:04 pm to member12
He will be a 1 term mayor. He let the debris management contract expire at the end of 2015. While other areas were already under contract with companies, Central had to put out for bid.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:05 pm to LSUDAN1
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He will be a 1 term mayor. He let the debris management contract expire at the end of 2015. While other areas were already under contract with companies, Central had to put out for bid.
yup, fired 'ol Barrow and all the administrative stuff for the city went to shite
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:08 pm to gmrkr5
You will have a number of people who rebuild only to find out that their neighbor abandoned their home so now they have to live next to squalor for the next five years until someone puts the property back into commerce.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:09 pm to The Pirate King
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Just because you have a job, doesn't mean you can afford to effectively double your mortgage with no repercussions.
The fact that the employment centers are still there and the area just lost a bunch of inventory means that those houses will be getting repaired one way or another.....and pretty quickly. They'll be repaired or put on the market for some other buyer to repair and flip.
My relatives in Central got a little under a foot in their house. No insurance. They both work in Baton Rouge and their kids attend school locally. They can't afford NOT to make repairs - and they have already gotten started.
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Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:10 pm to ihometiger
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You will have a number of people who rebuild only to find out that their neighbor abandoned their home so now they have to live next to squalor for the next five years until someone puts the property back into commerce.
in some areas, yes i expect this will be the case.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 4:13 pm to mpar98
Mortgage + flood insurance is still cheaper than private schools. Central will be fine.
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