The August Flood of 2016

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Major League Baseball is the latest to lend a helping hand to the state of Louisiana, and the victims of the recent floods.

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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.

[Boomer]

I had to make an inspection of some facilities down in Venice after Katrina. We flew down on a float plane. We told our pilot that we needed to go to the BJ Services dock. Our pilot couldn't recognize where the dock was even though he had flown to Venice many times. We circled around a few times and eventually found it. Before we landed he flew about 5 feet off of the surface to see if there was anything submerged in the water (It was his first flight since the hurricane). He said he felt he could land safely as we didn't see anything submerged for us to hit and wind up doing cartwheels in a plane.

After we landed at the dock the first building we looked at had a warehouse/shop area at one end and an office at the other with living quarters on the second level above the office. The end of the building with the warehouse was peeled open like a sardine can (Literally). The only section with a roof on it was that part of the building with the office living quarters. The water level from the storm surge came to within about 2" of the second level.

We then went to look at another building that was supported off the ground about 10 feet with 8 steel columns. Of the 8 columns only 2 were in decent shape the others were bent or broken and the building was wracked and leaning to one side. I told them to get anything they wanted out of that building and demolish it. The building wasn't worth saving.

After we were finished we took off and flew over Grand Isle. Have only two things to say, one - the land you see when you look at a map is generous and two - anybody that stays down there during a hurricane is flat out nuts.

We had to build some living quarters and some cement silos in Cameron after Rita. I went down there after the first of the year (about 3 months after the storm) to check on the job. It was complete devastation. When I was there that day a supply boat came in to pick up supplies. The guys working down there were so happy to get on the boat and take a shower and get some hot food. When we finished the Living quarters a few weeks later, it was the only livable permanent structure in Cameron at that time.

The thing that I remember the most at both locations was the smell. It was a combination of death and rot. The Vermilion smells bad now as I am sure most major waterways do. Mostly due to oxygen depletion and the water becoming anaerobic.

----OK---the hell with BWK---you are now my favorite RP poster!!!

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After nearly three weeks, Lafayette subdivision meets with government officials for assistance

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KATC

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Student-athletes representing all University of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns NCAA sports will attend the first home football game of the season Saturday, but not as spectators.


They'll be stationed inside the four entrance gates to Cajun Field to collect donations for the University's Annual Fund. All contributions to that fund made through Sept. 30 will be used to provide financial assistance to students affected by the recent historic flooding.






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Louisiana.edu

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University of Louisiana alumni who lost their diplomas during recent historic flooding can get free replacements through Sept. 30.


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