re: 7 years ago we suffered the Great BR Flood

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It was the 15th

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yep, just go look at that mega thread. most of the action was on the 15th

i know i was out in it on the 15th. it's a relative's b-day so, i remember

I know I'm not the only one who read his name as super-no-vas-skee. I did it again when I saw it in this thread. I remember seeing someone else mention the same thing a while back.

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I will stick by what I said earlier. BR won't get near 10-15 inches of rain

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PJ was right for a change. We did not get near 10-15"

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Thanks to this site, got much. needed help gutting the house before it was too late.

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Crazy it has been that long. I’ve wondered how your mom and step dad did with the recovery.

Edit: what was surreal about that event was how one half of town was untouched and people going about life and half the town was wiped out. It was weird driving back and forth between the two sides seeing such a difference for weeks/ months.

Was anybody in central by magnolia bridge? The amite and comite both swelled beyond belief and submerged my dads place.

It was during Trumps campaign. He and ...Pence visited first Baptist Church right around the corner for the relief effort. Hillary wasnt about to dirty her shoes down here.

not true, do you remember what he gave out? it was all bs

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It was a several day event. Obviously the day whichever posters house flooded is their peak day.

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Denham flooded the 13th, with our house going under at like 9 at night. I had Sprint so my phone was one of the only that worked.

Lots of similarities to my story. We are north of Denham close to the river as the crow flies. Not in a flood zone. Did not flood in the area in 83. We were watching closely and put furniture up on blocks Friday night, expecting to have Saturday to prepare further. At 6 am Saturday 8/13 I looked out the front window…nothing but a few puddles and water in the ditch. Just raining. At 8 am the water was halfway up the front yard and rising fast. Couldnt get cars out. Through providence, good samaritans, and some foolhardiness, we got out, got picked up by my inlaws and fled to Highland Road right before the interstate closed. Could not get to my elderly parents north of me in Watson but they were fine. We had about a foot of water. The front of our subdivision had four feet. The other side of the highway in front of our subdivision had 12. We were living in our driveway for three months, and were one of the first families back in our house. We did get government money. Used it all to replace walls and floors and such. I will never be without flood insurance.

I remember that, what a crazy few days