The August Flood of 2016

[cajunhawk]

My brother had Raymond Calais and Tanner Holmes helping him at his home on Clay Ridge. He said they were very helpful, and very respectful.

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Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Joel Robideaux took some time out of his schedule to update listeners about how local government is monitoring and responding to the widespread flooding throughout the parish.

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[Esqueleto]

Made the Houston news this morning.

Was on Good morning America, too. Very cool

[duggie85]

Was on Good morning America, too. Very cool

Too bad Section A wasnt with the team/crew to give that lady a new shirt!

[Crawfish]

I live in Fort Worth and listen to a Dallas News/Talk station on the way to work. I was very proud to hear this quote (as best I can remember) on the news this morning:

"The University of Louisiana Ragin Cajun football team is in Youngsville helping flood victims."

[duggie85]

What makes me really proud is that our coaches felt it important enough to take an afternoon off 2 1/2 weeks before the season opener. A game that could potentially change our program.

Don't believe too many other coaching staffs would do this.

[raginsaints]

The team was in my neighborhood helping with cleanup today. Didn't get much of a chance to talk to many of them but I had to ask the guys that helped me about the QB situation. They all said it is very much a 3 man race and all are playing very well right now. Maybe they were coached on a few questions that would arise, but that's what they told me.
Side note: Robert Hunt is a BIG man! Dude is gonna be tough to move.

Hope you're doing well. I have a friend who lives in your neighborhood as well. I've gone to help him a couple of times and seeing everything at the road is heart breaking every time.

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Mandatory Evacuation for part of Vermilion Parish

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[Dad04]

Here is a link to FEMA's assistance fact sheet.

http://www.fema.gov/media-library-da...stance_508.pdf

[scotto_25]

If he is not in a flood zone.....he may qualify for up to 33k in FEMA relief.

He's not in a Flood Zone in Mill Creek Cove. They live across Millcreek Road from me. That neighborhood took on quite a bit of water. I was walking through 4 feet of water helping people get their belongings out. Coach Bab's house was pretty bad at midpoint of the storm on Saturday morning along with about 25 others in that neighborhood. Such a sad sight to see......

It's uplifting to see the amount of support from the neighbors and outsiders offering help, offering food, offering laundry assistance, etc. We live in a great area and I hope that everyone can get back on their feet as soon as possible.

[HelmutVII]

Satellite imagery from earlier this week (I think the 16th) which is after some of the ater had receded in Lafayette.

http://geodesy.noaa.gov/storm_archiv...016_lafloods/#

Don't even think of opening this link with a cell phone. You won't be able to view it properly.

USGS data on the Surrey street gaging station. Vermilion River flowing at 4620 CFS as I write this.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/la/nwis/uv...C63160%2C00060

Can those of you in the Baton Rouge area confirm that the City of Walker had removed some of the Barrier on I-12 to relieve the flooding conditions on the north side of the interstate. I would imagine that there are some folks at LADOTD that are a little "tight" right now.

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Coaches, players moved after helping to clear damaged homes in Youngsville

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