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Serious Props Louisiana
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:43 pm
I was absolutely astonished at the amount of people that were out there volunteering.
Folks helping evacuate people. Others helping the launch process have organization. The men helping put boats back on the trailer were great and pleasant. Thank you to everyone to coming together and helping. Such selfless, courageous acts. Love watching our State come together like this.
Baton Rouge/ Louisiana - you're damn strong. And I'm a proud arse Baton Rouge, Louisiana native.
Folks helping evacuate people. Others helping the launch process have organization. The men helping put boats back on the trailer were great and pleasant. Thank you to everyone to coming together and helping. Such selfless, courageous acts. Love watching our State come together like this.
Baton Rouge/ Louisiana - you're damn strong. And I'm a proud arse Baton Rouge, Louisiana native.
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Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:45 pm to lsugerberbaby
The southern part of Louisiana is one of the friendliest and most welcoming places in the world. Once you get out and travel all around the world, you realize this.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:46 pm to lsugerberbaby
Gonna need a lot more of it coming up. This stuff isn't over. But we can do this and get through this together.
Coonasses know how to take care of shite
Coonasses know how to take care of shite
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:49 pm to fr33manator
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Gonna need a lot more of it coming up. This stuff isn't over.
We had about 40-60 boats that kept getting turned away because they were told by state police they didn't need help
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:50 pm to TigerDat
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We had about 40-60 boats that kept getting turned away because they were told by state police they didn't need help
I'm talking about the aftermath.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:51 pm to fr33manator
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Coonasses know how to take care of shite
Hang on a second. We love y'all up in BR, we really do. But y'all ain't coonasses
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:51 pm to lsugerberbaby
I dropped off some blankets and sleep mats at Celtic. Man, that is a sobering sight. So many people piled into those massive sound stages. But it was so uplifting to see so many people dropping off items and so many people busting their asses off-loading the items and making sure that they got into the hands of people who need them.
Just so proud of everyone. So proud of the love and generosity from so many.
Just so proud of everyone. So proud of the love and generosity from so many.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:52 pm to TigerDat
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We had about 40-60 boats that kept getting turned away because they were told by state police they didn't need help
That is just stupid if true.
With all of the people waiting hours upon hours to be rescued, you need every boat you can get.
I understand that they don't want people out after dark and getting hurt/stuck, but turning away people is stupid.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:54 pm to The Pirate King
Same flood scenario few months ago in Monroe. I saw it with my own eyes. People up there went above and beyond for others.
Lousiana is special.
Not north Louisiana.
Not south Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Lousiana is special.
Not north Louisiana.
Not south Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:55 pm to The Pirate King
They turned them away because they didn't have "proper training" for rescue missions. They wouldn't tell them that though.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 8:56 pm to Bojangles
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Lousiana is special.
Not north Louisiana.
Not south Louisiana.
Louisiana.
I'm on board with that
No state takes care of their own like we do
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:02 pm to The Pirate King
They could hurt themselves if there are too many on a waterway and tried to fit too many in the boats.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:06 pm to tigerbutt
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They turned them away because they didn't have "proper training" for rescue missions. They wouldn't tell them that though.
Simply not true. If they were turning them away in certain areas it was because they had more than ample resources at that location. You have to understand how these calls come in, and how the command structure is set up. In many areas there is no structure, and folks are free to ride door to door. But where there is a coordinated command, it is far more efficient, and time saving, to have X numbers of boats following a predetermined route based on priority. I know everyone wants to help. And I did that myself too...grabbing a boat and finding somewhere to throw it in the water...but trust me when I tell you that there are hundreds of folks wanting to put a boat in at every access point, and that amount of chaos actually can slow work down in certain neighborhoods.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:11 pm to The Pirate King
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The southern part of Louisiana is one of the friendliest and most welcoming places in the world. Once you get out and travel all around the world, you realize this.
Agreed
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:13 pm to lsugerberbaby
Ima play devils advocate here.
People think it's fun and cool to ride their boat through a walmart parking lot and around neighborhood streets. And if they happen to give someone a ride to dry ground then they can post that pic to FB and play hero.
If there were some widespread bathroom cleaning emergency I don't think you would see people coming out in hoards scrub brush in hand.
People think it's fun and cool to ride their boat through a walmart parking lot and around neighborhood streets. And if they happen to give someone a ride to dry ground then they can post that pic to FB and play hero.
If there were some widespread bathroom cleaning emergency I don't think you would see people coming out in hoards scrub brush in hand.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:19 pm to lsugerberbaby
The real support is at Mike's in tigerland. Ask for Frankie.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:28 pm to Chuker
Had a buddy tell me a story this morning. A guy showed up at one of the rescue locations where boats were bringing in rescues. He asked what he could do to help. He wanted to get on a boat. They told him they had two men to every boat, and enough personnel on the ground at the site to take care of that. At that time they needed more boats. They asked him if he had a boat. He didn't. So the next best think they could get him to do was to help fill sandbags. To which he gave a response of "well, yeah, I might can do that. I was really looking to help here, but I may ride by there and see if they can use any help". Yeah...he never showed up. Selfies don't look as cool for some folks if they don't have someone they saved in the background. Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:31 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Hang on a second. We love y'all up in BR, we really do. But y'all ain't coonasses
I'm didn't grow up in BR baw
Posted on 8/14/16 at 9:36 pm to Fratigerguy
I'm not saying those people don't exist, but I have first hand experience of people coming out of the woodwork to fill sand bags to attempt to save my house as well as family freinds and strangers houses.
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