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

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Alligator Bayou dumping into swamp

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is that water from bayou manchac dumping into spanish lake?

waffle how in the hell are you getting around??

Bridge is still blocked on BAbin. Just drove over there from JD Broussard side - couldn't see any standing water up to the curve.
One hour across from my subdivision has flooded yard. But it's another one that routinely does they with heavy rain so I don't see it as a sign of backflow. Low yard with a pond in the front

Thanks my bil lives there and they are the most laid back people on the planet. They're probably not even aware of everything going on elsewhere with the backflooding or whatever.

No problem at all. I will make another run around 2 and continue them as long as I can. If there any specific areas around here I can check please let me know.

It's cabin fever. Got it myself. Bad.

Big ole fat rain in downtown BR.

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is that water from bayou manchac dumping into spanish lake?

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Affirmative, with a vengance

Anyone know what the situation is on Joe Sevario where Merritt Evans crosses? I live on the street near the volunteer fire dept substation. Just wondering what the water situation looks like. (We evac'd to a relative's house yesterday afternoon.)

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My point was that AT&T's issues are being framed like they just told the BR area to frick off when that wasn't the case. They're at fault for the reliability, but they weren't trying to screw people over.

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They weren't trying to do it, but they certainly allowed them to get screwed over.


FWIW, my beef with AT&T goes back to earlier this year when my company was totally without phone service for 6 days. For 6 straight days I called, and called, and called, and nobody could tell me anything. Except for the technicians I visited with who were working on the bad box/node. They told me the equipment was 20+ years old, and replacement parts were not readily available for it. I know it's just an anecdote, but to me that's indicative of the way the whole place runs (or doesn't). They fly by the seat of their pants, fingers crossed, hoping nothing bad happens. We didn't even have bad weather, no storm, no hurricane... the equipment just went out and they were totally unprepared. Business phone service down for nearly a week. Pathetic.

Do you think anybody at AT&T ever thought "hey if something happens at this one single location in Baton Rouge, the whole area would be without service"? If they did, do you think they took the time to do something about it? Obviously not.