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Must be kind of unnerving to live outside the batture these days...

Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted by 995webmaster
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
3780 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:07 pm
For the people who live in these houses, the Mississippi is underfoot, literally.

Pics from Saturday morning, East Bank levee at the Jefferson/Orleans Parish border, where there are 8-10 houses on the river side of the levee.





Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:07 pm to
Damn AOC was right
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134887 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:08 pm to
Is that a fuel tank on the left side of the house in the first pic?

Edit: looks like a septic tank
This post was edited on 5/28/19 at 3:15 pm
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35503 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:10 pm to
If I lived on the river side of the levee I would be unnerved all the time.
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
17334 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:10 pm to
Seems like they're still doing ok...

Still have several feet to go and the river is at historic levels.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57344 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

Must be kind of unnerving to live outside the batture these days...


Don't you mean inside the batture?
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:16 pm to
I'm familiar with a boat house but I think these people are taking it a little too far.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41721 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:17 pm to
Why are there homes on that side of the levee?
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20923 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:19 pm to
As long as their houses are above 17', I doubt they will have a problem.

Once the Mississippi gets above 17', there will be much bigger problems to worry about.
Posted by TrimTab
North County Coastal San Diego
Member since Mar 2019
7777 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 4:52 pm to
The “Little Woods” camps of Uptown.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72189 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 6:08 pm to
Why do people live on the river side of the levee?

Why the hell do people choose to live in flood zones?
Posted by johnnyrocket
Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
9790 posts
Posted on 5/28/19 at 7:13 pm to
I guess they like living along the river. Seems like it would be a nice place to hang when the water level drops.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65887 posts
Posted on 4/4/20 at 5:33 am to
The folks who live there kinda always put me in mind of this guy-



Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
10637 posts
Posted on 4/4/20 at 8:21 am to
Who re-opened this 11 month old thread? Took a lot of digging thru the OT files.
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