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2016 Floods - 1 year later
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:53 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:53 am
Hard to believe the end of this week will mark the 1 year anniversary of that terrible, fog-of-war filled week. I'm here to find out if there are any updated stats on the flood, regarding damage costs and number of homes & businesses damaged or destroyed. Everything I can find is from immediately afterwards and I'm sure those numbers have changed since then.
Anyway, thoughts and prayers to those still recovering and thanks to anyone who can help provide updated numbers.
Thanks!
Anyway, thoughts and prayers to those still recovering and thanks to anyone who can help provide updated numbers.
Thanks!
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Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:56 am to TDsngumbo
The damn on the interstate is still there.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:58 am to TDsngumbo
Live in Central
Didn't flood.
Was a count hair away from flooding.
House is up for sale.
Moving to Zachary.
Didn't flood.
Was a count hair away from flooding.
House is up for sale.
Moving to Zachary.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:58 am to TDsngumbo
The diversion canal is still not under construction despite EBR and Livingston paying taxes dedicated for it.
Kind of sad that JBE doesn't even want to bother getting a ditch built.
Kind of sad that JBE doesn't even want to bother getting a ditch built.
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 11:00 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:59 am to TDsngumbo
The advocate did a piece yesterday with some numbers.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:59 am to tigerbutt
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The damn on the interstate is still there
That damn dam is an interesting point of concern. I have to believe that as close as my home came to flooding last August (I'm in extreme northeastern Ascension Parish), without that dam on the interstate I would've flooded due to the speed at which the water would have flowed southward. Am I incorrect in believing that? Maybe someone with more knowledge than myself can shed some light on that. Every time that interstate dam comes up on the news, I wonder if I would have flooded if it weren't there. It cursed many but it could've very well saved many as well.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:59 am to Commandeaux
Where in Zachary?
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:00 am to teke184
Copper Mill
ETA: House is almost done being built. I just have to sell the one in Central
ETA: House is almost done being built. I just have to sell the one in Central
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 11:01 am
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:01 am to Commandeaux
Yeah, no chance of flooding there that I know of.
East side of town was the main part that was fricked last year, though Church at Old Scenic got it bad too.
East side of town was the main part that was fricked last year, though Church at Old Scenic got it bad too.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:01 am to TDsngumbo
I found out that white people actually caused the flood using the drainage system and water hoses.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:02 am to Paddyshack
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I found out that white people actually caused the flood using the drainage system and water hoses.
Some people really have a lot of hate in them.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:04 am to TDsngumbo
Supposedly, only $3 million of the $1.6 BILLION that is available from the feds has been spent/distributed, due to the frickwads with the state.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:06 am to rusty547
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The advocate did a piece yesterday with some numbers.
Thanks! I have no idea how that didn't come up in all my google searches.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:06 am to tigerbutt
quote:
The damn on the interstate is still there.
By the time it floods badly again, we'll all probably be in the ground. Autonomous cars and trucks will be guided along that freeway at super high speeds by LIDAR mapping and we won't need barriers.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:07 am to udtiger
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Supposedly, only $3 million of the $1.6 BILLION that is available from the feds has been spent/distributed, due to the frickwads with the state.
I got $1200, to rent a place to live for 4 and a half months. WTF?
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:08 am to TDsngumbo
The problem with getting total loss amounts is that there are thousands of homes still not repaired, or that were bulldozed
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:08 am to TDsngumbo
Found out if there is a inland "L"ow on the map over the original LSU campus in Pineville, then there will be flooded land over the current LSU campus in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:11 am to TDsngumbo
quote:
That damn dam is an interesting point of concern. I have to believe that as close as my home came to flooding last August (I'm in extreme northeastern Ascension Parish), without that dam on the interstate I would've flooded due to the speed at which the water would have flowed southward. Am I incorrect in believing that? Maybe someone with more knowledge than myself can shed some light on that. Every time that interstate dam comes up on the news, I wonder if I would have flooded if it weren't there. It cursed many but it could've very well saved many as well.
Maybe.
I could also see how the flood waters could have also dissipated as it fanned out across thousands and thousands of mostly undeveloped acres like it did in Spanish Lake. Depends on how fast it came up.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:13 am to Boudreaux35
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I got $1200, to rent a place to live for 4 and a half months. WTF?
Make friends with JBE, and you can get a padded contract to setup massive FEMA trailers that don't fit in anyone's yard or to knock out drywall in flooded homes.
I can't believe they aren't spending a dime to try to mitigate future flooding with dredging, diversion canals, or retention lakes. That's a fricking tragedy.
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