re: The Great Flood of 2016: Fill Out Disaster Forms NOW. Link Inside!

Posted by SG_Geaux

Beautiful St George, LA

Member since Aug 2004

80692 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:51 pm to Aspercel

Water over the top of the prairieville levee.

Posted by MikeD

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2004

8442 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:51 pm to NorthEndZone

The Spanish Lake area (big blue swath of low land between Highland Road and Bluff Road in map; along with same elevation in Iberville and Ascension Parish) has to provide some buffer from backwater flooding in the Bayou Fountain watershed. The volume of water required to make the water level rise several feet would be way more than the backwater volume for areas very close to the Amite.

I'm not an expert, but just my opinion that Bayou Fountain around LSU / Bluebonnet will not be as bad as seen earlier today around O'neal.

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Posted by Paul Allen

Montauk, NY

Member since Nov 2007

78345 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:51 pm to supernovasky

Dutchtown is out of the woods, 74 at Bluff?

Posted by fightin tigers

Downtown Prairieville

Member since Mar 2008

78402 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:52 pm to Aspercel

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Did a levee break in prairieville?

Word is the Spanish Lake/Manchac levee was over topped. Not a huge deal, not like unusual

Posted by LSUweights

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2014

3594 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:52 pm to AlbertP00holes

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I live right off Bayou Fountain in Meadow Bend (Staring and Burbank). Water hasnt gone up or down in the past 2 hours. Hoping it doesnt creep much higher, or I may be in trouble

We are all praying bud

Posted by lsu480

Downtown Scottsdale

Member since Oct 2007

92903 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:52 pm to GRTiger

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Are people able to get hotel rooms covered by insurance? I'm thinking of offering my hotel points to FB friends but I'm wondering if people are covered. Is it only those with flood insurance?

It does not so it would be awesome of you to help them out and give them one less thing to worry about right now.

Posted by Aspercel

Member since Jan 2009

117492 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:53 pm to SG_Geaux

Where is that?

Posted by Impotent Waffle

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2007

10129 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:54 pm to supernovasky

The water is clearly rising esp around Siegen and Highland

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Posted by supernovasky

Member since Jul 2012

588 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:54 pm to MikeD

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The Spanish Lake area (big blue swath of low land between Highland Road and Bluff Road in map; along with same elevation in Iberville and Ascension Parish) has to provide some buffer from backwater flooding in the Bayou Fountain watershed. The volume of water required to make the water level rise several feet would be way more than the backwater volume for areas very close to the Amite.

I'm not an expert, but just my opinion that Bayou Fountain around LSU / Bluebonnet will not be as bad as seen earlier today around O'neal.

This may be why it is taking a long time for backwater flooding to occur in LSU/Bluebonnet. I imagine that area is pouring in with water.

Posted by TigersSEC2010

Warren, Michigan

Member since Jan 2010

38448 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:54 pm to supernovasky

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Posted by TakeAGander

Baton Rouge

Member since Jun 2010

584 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:54 pm to rt3

I would question that.

Posted by LSUweights

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2014

3594 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:55 pm to rds dc

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Just looked, appears stable. Confirmed by another poster via pic.

Let's hope that was it and most of it went south to Spanish Lake where it is very low and no homes

Posted by PhiTiger1764

Lurker since Aug 2003

Member since Oct 2009

14586 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:55 pm to rt3

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Baton Rouge Traffic ?@BR_Traffic I-12 is now open from Juban to I-55 in both directions. I-12 remains closed from Airline to Juban in both directions. don't think BRPD knows this... nor do they recommend it

I-12 is CLOSED in both directions in walker. Just saw it on wafb live news. They showed the live camera. That tweet is incorrect

This post was edited on 8/14/16 at 5:56 pm

Posted by fr33manator

Baton Rouge

Member since Oct 2010

134636 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:55 pm to UNO

I think shite like this brings out the best in this motley crew of assholes on here.

This is something no one living has ever seen.
It ain't in the history books.

This is the catastrophe of our time.

Posted by Clark W Griswold

THE USA

Member since Sep 2012

10937 posts

Posted on 8/14/16 at 5:56 pm to Fulwar

The north west side of Woodland Ridge had water up to the slab on the high end and just getting into the house on the low end. That was around 3:00. Water was rising fast all afternoon.