re: 1,800+ East Baton Rouge Parish homes may need to be raised because of 2016 floods

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Burbank in 2016 fared ok but I can almost guarantee if that rain comes again, there will be devastation. Since 2016, there has been mass development and removal of forestry along Burbank. More concrete and less land to soak up water is a bad combo. The new Walmart, new neighborhoods along the Burbank and siegan curve (hilarious how close those homes are to the creek).

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And lets not even discuss what would happen to all living West of Highland rd to the levee if the Levee would break.

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removal of forestry along Burbank. More concrete and less land to soak up water is a bad combo.

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People completely miss this. They think just adding a pond will take care of it. But, those cow pastures soak up a lot of water. Concrete and rooftops shed it way too fast.

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Burbank in 2016 fared ok but I can almost guarantee if that rain comes again, there will be devastation.

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Wasn’t it like 22” of rain in 72 hours or something insane like that?

In 2016 the worst of the rainfall was centered upriver from Baton Rouge. A similar circumstance would have a similar result and spare Burbank again, causing backflow into Spanish Lake again.

If that rain was centered over LSU or south Baton Rouge, there would be major flooding along Burbank and pretty much everywhere south of there. There is really no way to build a city to prepare for that kind of water. They can do a lot more to mitigate, but any city would flood in that kind of event. There is no way to completely prevent it. That’s why people need to make sure they have flood insurance and be prepared.