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Karma is a bitch for Shreveport.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:42 pm
I grew up in Shreveport. Love my hometown. Have thought about retiring there. I don't wish flooding or harm on anybody, because I've been on the wrong side of it.
But let me tell you.... People up there always sorta viewed flood protection as a South Louisiana problem. I have been in New Orleans for 20+ years, and I can't tell you how many times I was told while evacuating, "I don't know how you live down there."
North Louisiana legislators for years opposed commitment of state dollars to South Louisiana flood protection. They usually lost, if only because of the population disparity. But I find it interesting that they are now underwater (especially those who thumbed their noses at the river and built on the wrong side of the levee) and they are acting like victims. Welcome to my life.
But let me tell you.... People up there always sorta viewed flood protection as a South Louisiana problem. I have been in New Orleans for 20+ years, and I can't tell you how many times I was told while evacuating, "I don't know how you live down there."
North Louisiana legislators for years opposed commitment of state dollars to South Louisiana flood protection. They usually lost, if only because of the population disparity. But I find it interesting that they are now underwater (especially those who thumbed their noses at the river and built on the wrong side of the levee) and they are acting like victims. Welcome to my life.
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Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:48 pm to Slippy
You mad. 
Screw living on the river side of a levee I'm gonna get one of these.
Screw living on the river side of a levee I'm gonna get one of these.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:53 pm to Slippy
Shreveport 
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:53 pm to bulldog95
Karma will find you....no hiding
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:00 pm to Slippy
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I grew up in Shreveport. Love my hometown.
Sounds like it, dipshit.
Welcome to my life.
I'll pass, , you can cuddle with pawwwl allen. Peas and carrots..
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:01 pm to Slippy
We have same problem with Pearl River. Every flood control option is fiercely opposed by those downstream
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:01 pm to Slippy
But they have the boardwalk
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:11 pm to Slippy
quote:
Karma is a bitch for Shreveport.
I grew up in Shreveport. Love my hometown.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:25 pm to Captain Crown
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But they have the boardwalk
Which is flooding.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:28 pm to bulldog95
Could you imagine that red water on white carpet
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:42 pm to Slippy
I don't know who your strawman "people up there" are, specifically, because I've never heard anyone speak against flood protection. If they do exist they're probably rednecks in West Shreveport who also don't give a shite about River Bluff or the Haven flooding. But it's cool that you're getting such a boner for people losing their homes.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:28 pm to Slippy
These houses are north of Cash Point and look nicer than the homes in River Bluff even though River Bluff has gotten all of the press. One of them has a fully glass enclosed indoor pool. The blue line is the levee and they are inside of it. They have to have four or five feet of the river in them.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:31 pm to bulldog95
The boardwalk isn't flooding
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:38 pm to Strannix
The water is in the Boardwalk along the walkway that runs along the river but it is not getting into establishments.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:38 pm to Slippy
There is no such thing of Karma.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:40 pm to Slippy
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Slippy
Why would shreveport be listed among the places you're considering for retirement?
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:09 pm to Paul Allen
Pote Allen getting butthurt about Shreveport again. I love it 
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:22 pm to Scoop
It's not even close to any establishment, the only water inside the wall is backwash from manholes. To say the boardwalk is flooding is asinine.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:26 pm to Scoop
The houses North of River Bluff aren't in quite as bad of shape as the houses in River Bluff.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:38 pm to SpiderY2Bannana
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Why would shreveport be listed among the places you're considering for retirement?
I grew up in Shreveport as well and this is the only serious question you need to be asking yourself. There is a whole big, beautiful world out there to see. Don't do it.
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