The August Flood of 2016

[Turbine]

http://mb.511la.org/la3g/index.jsp

http://mb.511la.org/la3g/allroutes.jsp

[Frenchie35]

In the 50+ years I have live at my present address I have never seen water that high. The Cooley in the back of my house is overflowing. It is overflowing on Johnston street now. My rain gauge is showing 7.5 inches now and I empted it about 5: PM yesterday and still raining. My workwork shop in my back yard is about 2 inches from having water in it. No problems there, concrete floors. I am not downplaying the poor people that have water in their homes, just saying I have never seen this before where I live. If it stops raining I might get out and take pictures around the Tigue........

[CajunEXPRESS]

There will be millions in damage before it's over. Have three of my family members with water in their homes. Some properties are 25-30 feet above sea level and flooded. Has to be poor drainage, very poor I shoud add.

You live in an area that's pretty much flat for hundreds of square miles. Where is the water supposed to drain to when you've got record rain over thousands of square miles. All the drains in the world isn't getting that much into rivers and bayous dozens of squre miles.

[Boomer]

You live in an area that's pretty much flat for hundreds of square miles. Where is the water supposed to drain to when you've got record rain over thousands of square miles. All the drains in the world isn't getting that much into rivers and bayous dozens of squre miles.

---I have to learn how you guys put stuff on here ---but can somebody put Louisiana, they tryin' to wash us away on here!!!

[Frenchie35]

Two feet of water on Bertrand in front of Rouses. Football field parking lot flooded. I have a feeling that the cleared spot where the Tigue Stadium sat is flooded. Not sure though. Went to Rouses and brought my camera but for some reason I forgot to load my SD card.....no pictures.

[Turbine]

Southbound to Abbeville closed just south of Maurice and underwater for miles.

Abbeville bypass is closed between Burger King and River, where a coulee flows.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No, learn how to do it. No internet welfare for you Boomer. You know the old give a man a fish or teach him to fish story.

[Turbine]

---I have to learn how you guys put stuff on here ---but can somebody put Louisiana, they tryin' to wash us away on here!!!

Boomer the road to your house is underwater at the highway.

[Boomer]

Boomer the road to your house is underwater at the highway.

---H2O in the neighbor's house by our bridge and it is starting to creep up on us---I hope you aren't doing the "neither wind nor rain nor sleet nor snow" deal today!!!! lol

[RaginCajun77]

I hope and pray all of you are safe!

[RedCajun]

Two feet of water on Bertrand in front of Rouses. Football field parking lot flooded. I have a feeling that the cleared spot where the Tigue Stadium sat is flooded. Not sure though. Went to Rouses and brought my camera but for some reason I forgot to load my SD card.....no pictures.

As of 11 am, Betrand in front of Rouses has no standing water. The cajun field parking lot does not have any standing water either (on the Bertrand side at least)

Rouses is open and is a very popular place today



Edit: it does look like just past Rouses on NORTH COLLEGE, there is pretty bad flooding in the street

[HelmutVII]

The My Radar app shows we might be getting a break this afternoon. I have noticed over the last half hour that the birds have come out to feed and have heard some birds calling. Definitely different than what I have noticed for most of the morning. The sky is not as dark either.