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Central, LA
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:37 am
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:37 am
We cut off I-10 on Friday and came up around the North of Baton Rouge because of the traffic mess. Took some smaller roads up through Central, LA and cut over to I-55.
Have to tell you I saw the flooding on TV but really had no idea just how bad it really was. We have flooding like that in Texas but where we tend to flood it is perfectly flat. Around Central and all through that area it doesn't look flat. So many homes tore up and so much furniture, carpet, drywall piled up everywhere. Unbelievable.
After driving through that area it is easy to understand why so many people didn't have flood insurance. It doesn't look like a place that can flood at all. Definitely not flat like a rice field area. So many homes and property for sale in that area now. Very sad.
The FEMA site with stacks and stacks of pallets of water is a great reminder that even though the flooding isn't in the news anymore, the recovery is really just scratching the surface and is only beginning. My condolences to anyone caught up in that devastation. Thoughts and prayers to everyone and you and your families.
Have to tell you I saw the flooding on TV but really had no idea just how bad it really was. We have flooding like that in Texas but where we tend to flood it is perfectly flat. Around Central and all through that area it doesn't look flat. So many homes tore up and so much furniture, carpet, drywall piled up everywhere. Unbelievable.
After driving through that area it is easy to understand why so many people didn't have flood insurance. It doesn't look like a place that can flood at all. Definitely not flat like a rice field area. So many homes and property for sale in that area now. Very sad.
The FEMA site with stacks and stacks of pallets of water is a great reminder that even though the flooding isn't in the news anymore, the recovery is really just scratching the surface and is only beginning. My condolences to anyone caught up in that devastation. Thoughts and prayers to everyone and you and your families.
This post was edited on 10/24/16 at 8:38 am
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Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:46 am to Tridentds
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It doesn't look like a place that can flood at all. Definitely not flat like a rice field area. So many homes and property for sale in that area now. Very sad.
The area though is between the Amite and Comite River with creeks all around.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:48 am to c on z
It's south LA, everyone is at risk.
With the coastal issues at some point New Orleans will be uninhabitable.
With the coastal issues at some point New Orleans will be uninhabitable.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:53 am to c on z
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The area though is between the Amite and Comite River with creeks all around.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 9:00 am to nicholastiger
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It's south LA, everyone is at risk.
Exaggerate much? Just because you live by a creek or river you are at risk? If so, why did so many not need flood insurance?
It took a flood that 90 year olds never seen before to cause so many to lose their homes.
I wonder how many people don't understand how a freakass weather system started on land that would have been a named storm over water happened here.
All that said, all the new developments in the area is the biggest reason why so many lost their homes and some people who protested these developments predicted flood issues beforehand, just not to this level.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 9:10 am to Tridentds
That's my hometown. I was devastated when I saw my neighborhood completely destroyed off Hooper road. It was just as bad as DS.
That said, we lived high and dry in Central for 20+ years. It didn't ever get close to flooding from 1983-2004. I personally went through Hurricanes Andrew, Rita, Katrina, TS Allison and it never got close. That's what made the flood event definitely a 500+ year event. The comite river cuts through the middle of Central. That might have had something to do with it.
That said, we lived high and dry in Central for 20+ years. It didn't ever get close to flooding from 1983-2004. I personally went through Hurricanes Andrew, Rita, Katrina, TS Allison and it never got close. That's what made the flood event definitely a 500+ year event. The comite river cuts through the middle of Central. That might have had something to do with it.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 9:24 am to Tridentds
quote:About 70% of the debris have already been moved - should have seen it around Aug 20th
We cut off I-10 on Friday and came up around the North of Baton Rouge because of the traffic mess. Took some smaller roads up through Central, LA and cut over to I-55.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 9:30 am to skinny domino
32" of rain in 48 hours.
32"
Let that sink in.
32"
Let that sink in.
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