The August Flood of 2016

[Cajun_RH]

Still don't like South Al but this is pretty cool

[HelmutVII]

Thought this was interesting.

http://lcg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c74eb252049463996360876caec2046


Zone A - Special Flood Hazard Area, within 100 yr floodplain, BFE not determined by FEMA.

Zone AE - Special Flood Hazard Area, within 100 yr floodplain, Detailed study by FEMA, BFE determined by FEMA

Zone AH - Special Flood Hazard Area, within 100 yr floodplain, Areas of ponding, BFE determined by FEMA.

Zone X500 - Areas not in a Special Flood Hazard Area, within The 500 yr floodplain.

Zone X - Areas not in a Special Flood Hazard Area, outside The 500 yr floodplain.

• Flood insurance is mandatory for structures in Special Flood Hazard Areas
• Floodway – In the floodway, communities must prohibit encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development within the adopted floodway unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice that the proposed encroachment would not result in ANY increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
• BFE – Base Flood Elevation, the computed elevation to which floodwater is anticipated to rise during the base flood is the 100-year flood elevation
• 100-year flood(Base Flood) – is the flood that has a 1% chance of occurring or being exceeded in any given year

Current and Preliminary Flood Zone Map PLEASE NOTE: This Preliminary Flood Zone Map is NOT the official map and is subject to change, the paper version is the official map.
Effective July 1, 2009:
As per Ordinance O-110-2009; all structures located in a special flood hazard area within the jurisdiction of the City of Lafayette and the unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish are now required to build according to the following:
Residential Construction: New Construction or substantial improvement of any residential building (or manufactured home) shall; have the lowest floor, including basement mechanical and utility equipment, and ductwork, elevated no lower than 1 foot above Base Flood Elevation.
Non-Residential Construction: New Construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or non-residential building (or manufactured home) shall:

• Have the lowest floor, including basement, mechanical and utility equipment, and ductwork elevated no lower than 1 foot above the Base Flood Elevation; or
• Be floodproofed to a level no lower than 1 foot above the level of the Base Flood Elevation, provided that all areas of the building (including mechanical and utility equipment) below the required elevation are watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and use structural components having the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and the effects

That is very helpful in that you can bounce between effective and revised preliminary flood maps. You can zoom in and turn the contour layer on. Keep in mind the contours are developed from a LIDAR which as some inaccuracies.

This is another good resource

http://maps.lsuagcenter.com/floodmaps/

You can place a pin point at a given location and get latitude, longitude, elevation flood zone and other useful information.

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After catastrophic flooding inundated many homes, high school students were among several groups helping out.
 

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[CajunDreDog]

This is a CATESTROPHIC level event in Baton Rouge! When this is all said and done, there will be more economic damage than from Katrina! There will be more families affected! There will be more square mileage flooded!

IT'S BAD BAD! I have so many friends, family, co-workers that have lost EVERYTHING, IT'S UNREAL!!!

This is Baton Rouge's Katrina!!! It will be a decade before BR area is back to "normal."

[SlickRick]

Very nice of them. Class act!

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Many homes in Erath were flooded because of rain and high water. The bypass was underwater.

ERATH -- An important part of Erath’s recent history is the town’s resilience in recovering from Hurricane Rita.

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The WOW Hall in Maurice surrounded by water this past weekend.

MAURICE -- Sunshine on Monday played a sharp contrast to a weekend that brought around 20 inches of rain to the Maurice area.

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[CrappDaddy]

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.

[Turbine]

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.

Good to hear.

[Duggie35]

Best of luck to you CrappDaddy as you work toward recovery, as well as everyone else that was affected by the flood! Glad to hear you received a helping hand from the Cajuns!