Louisiana is drowning

Most of the Gulf Coast is flooded, but Louisiana appears to be getting the worst of it. A big stretch from above Baton Rouge west into Acadiana has received 18-24 inches of rain in the past week. Parts of I-10 and I-12 are closed and over 1000 people had to be rescued.

Heavy storms hit the South: 'This is the worst it's been,' residents say

Woman in St. Helena drowns, becomes 3rd flood-related fatality in Baton Rouge flood

 

Gotta be some articles out there blaming Bush.

 

The Googler's on it ...

 

Al Gore wrote a book in 1993 warning Louisiana.

1993: Gore Book Warns Louisiana of Flood Risk; 2000: La. Electoral Votes Provide His Margin of Defeat

Bush beat Gore in 2000. Therefore, this 2016 flood is Bush's fault.

 

Q.E.D.

 

One of my old college buddies has been posting videos of him and a few others going through Baton Rouge neighborhoods on boats, helping people get out of their houses and to higher ground.
I-55 is also closed just past the Mississippi-Louisiana state line because of the flooding.

 

Helicopters are having to deliver supplies to people who have been stuck on the interstate 24+ hours.

http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/ne...upplies-1500-stranded-motorists--12/88715376/

 

Former LSU radio announcer Jim Hawthorne hasn't been heard from since last night:

Retired LSU announcer Jim Hawthorne and wife presumed missing after his house floods

 

I've read they've been rescued and are safe. Thank goodness, of course.

 

My sister lives in St. Francisville, which is 25 miles north of Baton Rouge, and her neighborhood is completely cut off. Fortunately, she lives on the high ground, so she isn't going to get any water in her house, but my wife's cousin who lives in BR wasn't so lucky. She had 8 feet of water in her house and has literally lost everything she owns.

 

Sorry to hear about that. But glad your sister is high and dry. My sister moved back to Florida from the Slidell area a month or two before Katrina hit. Can't imagine losing it all. And Sunshine, you're doing a heckuva job.