The August Flood of 2016

[Cajun90]

Actually, if you look at the meterological data both Katrina and Rita were close in strength. Both intense Class 5's while in the Gulf. The main difference was that Katrina hit more populated areas and got all the media attention. Most of the loss of life in New Orleans was from flooding that happened after Katrina had already passed. There were areas in Mississippi that got totally wiped out. Similar to what happened in Cameron Parish. I heard of people going back to Cameron Parish and not even able to find where their houses were. The concrete slabs were no longer even there.

http://www.hurricanescience.org/hist...ms/2000s/rita/

Doc

Doc I got plenty of family in your area and your right it was bad. The remains of my cousins home was found 2 miles inland from its former location and as crazy as it sounds there were definitely houses where the slabs were gone.

Katrina was bad not only because of the population density but it was such a bigger storm than Rita. Not stronger but larger wind profile and larger storm surge area. However if you were in the path of either one it really doesn't matter the outcome was going to be the same.

[CajunJack55]

Doc I got plenty of family in your area and your right it was bad. The remains of my cousins home was found 2 miles inland from its former location and as crazy as it sounds there were definitely houses where the slabs were gone.

Katrina was bad not only because of the population density but it was such a bigger storm than Rita. Not stronger but larger wind profile and larger storm surge area. However if you were in the path of either one it really doesn't matter the outcome was going to be the same.

Yes, I honestly think had Katrina not happened, more people in Southwest Louisiana would have stayed home and rode out the Rita leading to more injuries and possible deaths.

[CajunJack55]

I think Rita might have been more destructive than Katrina. Difference, people in Cameron Parish go out and took care of their business instead of waiting for the government to help them out.

Haha everyone i know in southwest louisiana was lining up for food stamps and got a FEMA check after Rita when all they did was lose a few roof shingles and some meat in their fridge. Everyone wants a piece.

[McNeese72]

Well, I didn't get food stamps. FEMA did help pay the hotel bill for the 10 days I stayed in Pine Bluff, Ark. Home insurance help paid the repair bill for the corner of my house in Sulphur that was wiped out by a big oak tree. And I was one of the lucky ones. There were houses near me with huge pine trees that essentially cut the house in half to the slab when they came down. Don't want to ever experience that again.

Doc

[Ragin4U]

Haha everyone i know in southwest louisiana was lining up for food stamps and got a FEMA check after Rita when all they did was lose a few roof shingles and some meat in their fridge. Everyone wants a piece.

Family and friends in NOLA. They pulled themselves up too. Didn't wait on the government to help. Lots of people were in no position to help themselves, though. All blanket statements like 08's are total BS. Like this one.

[CajunEXPRESS]

People were cheating the system by the thousands, but that is on the system, and not on the needy.

I worked for an Insurance company and we were prepaying policyholders thousands of dollars with zero proof of damage. We had to go after many of those policyholders to try and recover fraudulent claims as time wore on.

What do you think the feedback would be if we waited until proof of damages were demanded before payment as in most cases? My insurance company would have been crucified, and they would have been within the policy language.

Sometimes in unbelievable circumstances you have to use common sense. The amount of fraud compared to the true needs was minimal, and it was on the federal government to have the policies in place to minimize the fraud.

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[31Ragin97]

Well, I didn't get food stamps. FEMA did help pay the hotel bill for the 10 days I stayed in Pine Bluff, Ark. Home insurance help paid the repair bill for the corner of my house in Sulphur that was wiped out by a big oak tree. And I was one of the lucky ones. There were houses near me with huge pine trees that essentially cut the house in half to the slab when they came down. Don't want to ever experience that again.

Doc

surprised hotels in pine bluff don't have to pay people to stay there

[LaCajunsFan]

Haha everyone i know in southwest louisiana was lining up for food stamps and got a FEMA check after Rita when all they did was lose a few roof shingles and some meat in their fridge. Everyone wants a piece.

Not to mention the fine folks from gueydan who recently had some great assistance from the Feds, national guard, etc. Does this make those people inferior to the rest of us? Never know when some people think it's ok for assistance from the government and when it's not.

http://klfy.com/2016/08/19/national-...ng-in-gueydan/

[moorecajun]

Haha everyone i know in southwest louisiana was lining up for food stamps and got a FEMA check after Rita when all they did was lose a few roof shingles and some meat in their fridge. Everyone wants a piece.

You may have been hanging with the wrong people!

jk

[McNeese72]

surprised hotels in pine bluff don't have to pay people to stay there

They were probably happy that FEMA was paying the bills for people to stay there. I don't ever plan to spend another night there.

Dco

[CajunEXPRESS]

I was held hostage in the Lake Charles area for Ivan. Rooms doubly priced and over occupied.