The August Flood of 2016

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Louisiana Rising Benefit Concert helps flood relief

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Star-studded benefit concert to help flooding victims in Louisiana

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[HelmutVII]

I drove over the Surrey Street bridge yesterday and the river is STILL out of its banks. The two buildings on the west bank are finally out of the water. I then drove through Beaver Park. Most of the park had at least 3 feet of water.

[Turbine]

I drove over the Surrey Street bridge yesterday and the river is STILL out of its banks. The two buildings on the west bank are finally out of the water. I then drove through Beaver Park. Most of the park had at least 3 feet of water.

That is amazing, is it trapped by levees?

[HelmutVII]

That is amazing, is it trapped by levees?

No they are built too low.

[Turbine]

No they are built too low.

For hurricane Rita in my dads neighborhood the levees were too low and the storm surge went over the top.

But then the water was trapped on the wrong side the levees and stayed there for two weeks.

[HelmutVII]

For hurricane Rita in my dads neighborhood the levees were too low and the storm surge went over the top.

But then the water was trapped on the wrong side the levees and stayed there for two weeks.

They should have used a backhoe to cut the levee after the water outside the levee went down.

[HelmutVII]

I had a meeting at a house on the river that had five feet of water in it. I walked down to the bank as far as I could go and found tons of dead fish with the water still black. It didn't stink that much today. I guess it has stunk all it is going to stink. They still had some very large cat fish in the river and egrets were feeding along the bank so it appears that the ecosystem along the river is trying to get back to normal.

The owner of the house has decided to demolish and rebuild higher. I was meeting with the demolition contractor and he said he bid on 3 homes on Acacia Drive, two on Demanade and the house where we were. That makes 6 that he knows of that are scheduled for demolition. The man I am working for had come to the conclusion that once he removed all of the sheet rock on the walls there wasn't much left. He was going to spend a ton of money to repair a 45 year old home that was at elevation 13.5 (2.5 feet below the base flood elevation). Now he will have a new home that will be at elevation 18.0. Definitely a selling point over the rest o the homes along the street.

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Acadiana leaders meet to form regional flood group

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University of Louisiana's B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration will host two free seminars designed to help Acadiana residents affected by recent floods.


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[cjr3888]

Watch out everywhere for wildlife. My parents live on Bayou Teche and had a 5' gator in their back yard. I even had a 4' gator in my ditch and I'm 3 miles from the bayou and about a mile from the basin levee.

[Cajun90]

The gage at the E. Broussard bridge dipped below flood stage for four hours this afternoon before heading back up. That is the first time that gage went below flood stage since August 12th.