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

Posted by NorthEndZone

Member since Dec 2008

14297 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:42 am to NorthEndZone

I don't live in BR, but I'm pretty familiar with the city. This does not look good at all.

16 Homes along Highland Road and Burbank Drive will be flooded. Both streets will be impassable. Major roads will be impassable. Access to property along the river is cut off. Homes along Kendalwood Road that are not elevated will be flooded. Extensive backwater flooding will occur along Bayou Fountain and Bayou Manchac.

15 Major roads will be impassable. Access to property along the river is cut off. Homes along Kendalwood Road that are not elevated will be flooded. Extensive backwater flooding will occur along Bayou Fountain and Bayou Manchac.

14 Backwater flooding along Bayou Manchac and Bayou Fountain will flood Highland Road and Burbank Drive in places. Many homes will be threatened along the bayous from their Amite River outlets upstream to the LSU campus. Kendalwood Road and adjacent property will be inundated. Amite River Road and Horseshoe Drive will remain impassable.

12 Kendalwood Road and adjacent property will be inundated. Backwater may flood Bayou Fountain and flood some homes on Burbank Drive. Most secondary roads will be moderately flooded. Amite River Road and Horseshoe Drive will be impassable. A few homes on Horseshoe Drive will flood.

Posted by zacata88

Member since Mar 2014

1682 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:43 am to StrongBackWeakMind

How is downtown BR/Beauregard Town in all of this? I moved out of town in June but am curious how my old house and the guy that moved in are doing.

Posted by The Egg

Houston, TX

Member since Dec 2004

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:49 am to zacata88

goddamn, making the trek back to Houston from orange beach on Monday, this is gonna be impossible isn't it

Posted by toosleaux

Stuck in Baton Rouge traffic

Member since Dec 2007

9483 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:51 am to The Egg

I am thinking you will have to go up to I-20.

Posted by NorthEndZone

Member since Dec 2008

14297 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:53 am to NorthEndZone

Pretty obvious at this point but it's now official...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
848 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATSON...GREENWELL SPRINGS...DENHAM
SPRINGS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 843 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING
IMMEDIATE EVACUATIONS IN WATSON. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING. WATER RESCUES ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE IN AMITE.
SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN DENHAM
SPRINGS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATSON. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING INCLUDE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PORT VINCENT...GREENWELL SPRING...
SHENANDOAH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

Posted by TigerTalker142

Lafayette

Member since Oct 2007

1125 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:53 am to The Egg

Anyone know where I can check out updates for road closures in Lafayette? Leaving Houston in 10 minutes to try and get home. Need to know places to avoid.

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Posted by Paul Allen

Montauk, NY

Member since Nov 2007

78341 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:55 am to NorthEndZone

Any area of Watson that isn't flooded?

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Posted by SaintBrees

Member since Oct 2015

547 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:56 am to TigerTalker142

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This post was edited on 8/13/16 at 11:34 pm

Posted by Tiger4Ever

Member since Aug 2003

36793 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:57 am to Paul Allen

I am at my parents in huntstock...the one that is one road. It is dry for now...drier than anything I've seen.

Posted by Capt ST

High Plains

Member since Aug 2011

13671 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:57 am to Paul Allen

Getting reports kenilworth club under, homes in pollard have water.

Posted by dukke v

PLUTO

Member since Jul 2006

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:59 am to StrongBackWeakMind

Why are you taking a chance of pushing water into people homes????

Posted by DoctorTechnical

Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2009

3025 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:59 am to TigerTalker142

quote:
TigerTalker142

Suggest you take a few minutes to load (and use) the Waze app. I used it yesterday driving across I-10 and through Baton Rouge, and it re-routed me just fine.

Posted by StrongBackWeakMind

Member since May 2014

22650 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:59 am to Capt ST

I drive down Kenilworth too. Fields behind Pennington is now a huge lake. I noticed that the club is clearly not on high ground. I believe the report.

Posted by tiger91

In my own little world

Member since Nov 2005

40230 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 8:59 am to TigerTalker142

Katc.com.

Posted by StrongBackWeakMind

Member since May 2014

22650 posts

Posted on 8/13/16 at 9:00 am to dukke v

quote:
Why are you taking a chance of pushing water into people homes?

Stop asking stupid questions.

I didn't push water into anyone's home.

This post was edited on 8/13/16 at 9:01 am

Posted by GeauxxxTigers23

TeamBunt General Manager

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 9:03 am to StrongBackWeakMind

What does Zone AE mean?

Posted by TigerTalker142

Lafayette

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 9:03 am to DoctorTechnical

Thanks man. I'll check it out.

Posted by Serial

Crowley

Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 9:05 am to TigerTalker142

Had to leave my house in Duson. I10 is almost impossible to drive between Crowley and duson. Stay in texas. I10 around Jennings is also impossible. Hwy90 between duson and Rayne is flooded.