re: FSBDL Championship: 8th Seed RDR wins Ship

Posted by swamie

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 6:53 pm to PortCityTiger24

Yeah, it's a very shitty feeling of relief. The guy that brought me to my house lost his. Second time since he lived in old Metairie during Katrina. Then I'm seeing all of my friends in Ascension lose everything.

Anybody heard from Paps?

This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 6:54 pm

Posted by Louie T

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:13 pm to swamie

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Anybody heard from Paps?

Had to evactuate his house, but he believes he's dry. His relatives weren't so fortunate.

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:14 pm to Louie T

did it just storm in BR for a few days? or were the rivers just high or something? What actually caused the flooding?

kinda blindsided me as it didnt rain much in NOLA

This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 7:19 pm

Posted by Louie T

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:21 pm to Lester Earl

Low pressure system sat still in the gulf developing, and then it sat still over LA once reaching land. Certain areas got 30"+ of rain and rivers simply got too high. NOLA metro didn't get that sort of rain; almost lost my car in Destrehan flooding last week though.

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:22 pm to Louie T

see i didnt realize that. I was afraid to ask on the other board.

you're living in BR? you made out ok?

Posted by Louie T

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:25 pm to Lester Earl

Metry near the lake so all is well.

Posted by Toula

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:37 pm to Lester Earl

Had that cell been 15 miles more East, we would have been testing out all those Katrina infrastructure improvements.

Pretty much from Robert to Lafayette had at least 20" of rain in less than 48 hours.

I know a handful of people that were just getting back into their homes after the March floods, and just lost it all again. Sucks big time

This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 7:40 pm

Posted by Chatagnier

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 7:42 pm to Toula

Yea it reminds me of Tropical Storm Allison back in 2000 or 2001 exept about 10 times the coverage area.

Posted by rondo

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:24 pm to Chatagnier

My arse was lucky as hell.

Our house was surrounded on all sides by water but it stopped an inch below the slab. Every single one of my neighbors on my side of the street flooded.

Posted by PortCityTiger24

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:29 pm to rondo

I've been praying for you bro.

Posted by rondo

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:31 pm to PortCityTiger24

Thanks bud

Posted by CQQ

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:32 pm to PortCityTiger24

Damn, hate seeing this stuff. Hope everyone is ok.

Posted by Toula

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:32 pm to rondo

That picture had me like

Now that you are all good, can we get day 5 of love your rondo challenge?

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:47 pm to Toula

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:47 pm to rondo

Did you stay home rondo?

Posted by rondo

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 9:05 pm to Lester Earl

No we left. We were pretty sure we wouldn't get more than a foot or two if we did flood but we definitely would have been stuck at home for 2-3 days.

We should be home tomorrow morning.

Posted by cwill

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 9:43 pm to EarlyBird

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I talked to Clams this morning and his house has approximately 6 feet in it. He did have flood insurance, but it's still a huge shite sandwich. I'll keep y'all pos

I figured since I hadn't heard from him it wasn't going to be good. At least he had flood insurance while it appears many didn't.

Posted by cwill

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Posted on 8/15/16 at 9:47 pm to Chatagnier

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of Tropical Storm Allison back in 2000 or 2001 exept about 10 times the coverage area.

I was about to post the same in response. However, Allison had a larger coverage area. SE La had significant flooding as did Houston. I was in New Orleans at the time and escaped all of the flooding living uptown until the last night when a blocked storm drain caused my street to flood and put my car underwater. Not as bad as losing a house but still sucked.