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Subscribe to RSSA state emergency has been declared for parts of Louisiana after flash floods soaked parts of the state. WVLA-TV reports.
States of emergency were in force Tuesday in four Louisiana parishes after torrential rain left homes and roads under several feet of water. Hundreds fled their homes and dozens of motorists had to be rescued.
Flooding closed the major highway through St. Landry Parish, and many roads across the four parishes remained closed on Tuesday.
"In my 28 years in law enforcement I have never seen the interstate closed," St. Landry Sheriff's Capt. Jimmy Darbonne told weather.com.
Dozens of homes in Carencro, a town in Lafayette Parish, were evacuated on Monday when some 15 inches of rain fell within five hours.
"We had up to 7 feet of water on some streets," said Capt. Kip Judice, the local sheriff's spokesman. "We had no deaths or injuries but a lot of near calls."
Anais Guilbeau, 93, was rescued from her flooded home by boat. "I lost everything," the Lafayette Daily Advertiser quoted her as saying. "Everything is underwater. It was bad one time," she said of her six decades of living there, "but not this bad."
About 100 Carencro residents took refuge Monday evening at a Red Cross shelter, and several area schools were closed Tuesday.
Carencro flood images via NBC33TV.com
Louisiana State Police Sgt. E.J. Chesne had to rescue his own dog. "My dog was in his cage, just floating around,” Chesne told the Advertiser of his return home Monday. "All the floors are buckled in the house."
Flooding also hit Acadia and St. Martin parishes.
John Bruce / St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Department
This highway intersection in St. Martin Parish, La., was among the areas cut off Monday by flooding.
"Essentially, you saw about one quarter of a year’s worth of rainfall fall within about five hours," The Baton Rouge Advocate quoted Mike Marcotte, a National Weather Service forecaster, as saying. "I’m sure the people that were involved in this will remember and they should remember because it’s going to be something that won’t be repeated for a long time to come."
And while 15 inches in five hours is a lot by any standard, it's still far short of any record. A foot of rain fell in 43 minutes in Holt, Mo., in 1947, according to the World Meteorological Association.
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They'll be up to their armpits in alligators... and their porches will be full of rat snakes and cotton mouths.....
That will be the hardest part for real! I have been that way some years ago and gator/snake control was a pain in the neck then. This just invites them to your living room!
I like the rain, cuz we aint had any for a while but them stupid floatin gators and snakes are freakin out the horses....
It rained so hard the other night, I thought it was Katrina all over again...one thing I sure will never forget is them damn snakes...they were everywhere...under the couch, on the roofs, under your bed...it was hell...hate those damn critters...nothin spooks an old cowboy like a slithering snake in your boots you left in the garage...I ran so fast like a chicken, my horse Rex couldnt even catch with me...
Choot 'em
wow. Being from Sounth Louisiana (farther south than this) I'm offended.
Theres far too many cottonmouths and other nasty creatures all along the gulf coast that get bent out of shape in all that rain.I pity those folks in harms way-I lived through similar stuff in 1965 living in Pass Christian,Mississippi
Lol Voter-in-LA.... choot 'em LizBeth!
One rain storm and the "earth warmers" are out in full force!Just a seasional storm which could have happened aware at any time!These democraps just can't help themselves!First a comment on the rain then secondary comment on death valley.Low flying stump thumpers!
My heart goes out to those who are losing everything.
Send some of that out here to Cailfornia, we've had 7 inches of rain in 10 months
Crazy climate diversities
get used to it-global warming has the effect of shifting weather patterns and some of the storms become super storms or mega storms-able to spawn groups of severe tornadoes over long distances and flood capable rain events in a very short period of time-I've seen events in Death Valley where it rained about 5" in 30 minutes-that was educational..frightening.
Wait, I thought global warming and climate change were a hoax? /endsarcasm
Someone should probably get started on that Ark :)
I may have some gopher wood premeasured in cubits at home! Have a pair of Cocker Spaniels for the voyage, too! (Seriously - thoughts and prayers out to those affected by the flooding)
Plenty of time the bible says Noah was 500 when god gave Noah the heads up about the flood. Then the 502 year old Noah had his first son. He then had two more sons. The four of them then proceded to build the ark, a ship the size of a WW2 aircraft carrier out of wood in a desert region. It only took 4 men somewhere between 55 and 75 years to do that. When they were building the ship they also took time to provision it not only for themselves but 2 of every kind of animal that walks the face of the earth. The bible further states that it only took seven days to round up all the animals and get them on board. You can see that Noah and his family was really busy but the bible says that it was 120 years between Noah getting the heads up to the day the rain started. I only hope I am so spry in my five hundreds!
My prayers go out to all the people effected by this flooding. I don't however agree National Weather Service forecaster who says it's something they should remember because it won't happen again for a long time. Isn't that what everyone thought when Katrina hit New Orleans? Pretty obvious these "rare events" are going to keep happening and more frequently. As "Schoolyard" said, someone should definately get building the ark.
Quick! How can we blame the gays for this one?
At the very least, we could blame the president.
Maybe the levees will break and we can Blame Obama instead of Mayor Ray Niggins or Gov. where-was-she-when needed?
Oh, and we could blame the disgusting poopushers if AIDS becomes a waterborne virus like Hep A.
well it really was nagen and blanco's fault..
Good job Brownie.
Nagen, not smart enough to use the school buses to get everyone out before they (the buses) were left to be flooded. Remember the pictures?
No need to blame this on the gays. I do blame the gays for the Aids Virus.
I wonder if Obama is going to drop everything and run down there ,since we all know when people in La get flooded out it is always the fault of the president.
I would assume that you are referring to Katrina. Katrina was not Bush's fault. The terrible response after Katrina rests on the shoulders of the former Mayor, Governor, and President. They were a political mix of Republicans and Democrats, both parties suck.
Soapbox, as much as Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin were to blame for their terrible inaction in forcing evacuation, if anyone were to lay blame, look no further than the Army Corps of Engineers. They've already been held accountable in 2 courts for design and maintenance errors relating to the MRGO which ultimately is what caused the flooding: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/03/05/238262.htm
New Orleans was established in 1718 by the French, and back then the geography of the Mississippi river delta was much different. The Mississippi river was free flowing back then and river silt protected the entire area. There hasn't been any natural building of the delta in well over 150 years due to the daming of the river systems feeding the delta. This is the reason why New Orleans flooded, not the Corp of Engineers. This is also the reason for the entire coast line of Louisiana deteriorating, and why it is so prone to storm surge now.
They've been trying to come up with a way to fortify the coast line and have used plants whose root systems would be able to bind the sediment to the coast. The interesting and complicated part is that nutria rats (non native animals what were brought in to control another species that was over populated) really love the taste of these swamp grasses and gobble them up faster than they can plant the darn things. This is why human interferance with nature can really mess stuff up.
Michael Anderson, you do realize that in your statement you provide the exact same reasoning that supports the legal decision concluding the ACoE is at fault? The messing with mother nature is precisely what's caused erosion of wetlands here. Then creating the MRGO with its unabated flow exacerbated that erosion while at the same time providing an easy reverse flow into Lake Pontchartrain. Unless you didn't realize it the flooding came on from the levees on the lakeside not from the Mississippi River side. FWIW they have also been found at fault for flooding in Missourri.
Anyways, it matters not what armchair engineers think. Two courts have already concluded after reviewing evidence that the ACoE is indeed to blame.
Agreed, but it couldn't have anything to do with 15 inches of rain this time.
Geography lesson: Carencro is 140 miles West of New Orleans... and nowhere near the Mississippi River.
Obvious we all know it was rain, but somehow this topic got politically derailed with everyone trying to drag New Orleans/Katrina into it. One of these days people from the 49 other States will comprehend that there is life outside of the Big Easy.
I don't think anywhere in the USA handles 15" rain too well. Seem to recall the Northeast had an issue just last year with the remnants of a tropical storm (not a hurricane like some seemed to think it was) dumping similar quantities on them over a few days not in a matter of hours.
Voter-in-LA you are correct that the ACoE is to blame for the damage caused by Katrina in New Orleans. It was a man made catastrophe of epic proportions. The response afterwards was a failure of our Government at every level. The United States was handing bottled water in Sumatra after the Tsunami quicker then they helped our own citizens in New Orleans after Katrina.
Meanwhile as Louisiana floods obama says........NOTHING! obama can give corporations like solindra 500 million so they can fail, and give him back a few million in political donations, yet obama refuses to help our states in need. obama will be gone this year yet it can't come soon enough.
As opposed to Bush who gave trillions to the military to fight completely pointless wars.
7.62x39mm - And, remember Romney is the one who says we shouldn't be helping people who are having problems. It's better to just let them make it on their own. You better hope and pray President Obama wins again or we're all in deep s**t! The buffoons running for the GOP don't care about anyone but their precious wealthy friends.
Democrats don't help their wealthy friends huh? The difference is they are better at fooling people into thinking they care about the poor.
it doesn't matter who the President is, was, or will be. None of them care about the average citizen. The most powerful man in the world couldn't care less that people suffer.
My support goes to RON PAUL. Anyone else is just more of the same BS.
NORMAL! Just another one of them thar anomalies, pay it no heed. Records don't mean squat and never ever will because all weather records can be questioned
National Weather Service forecaster said "I’m sure the people that were involved in this will remember and they should remember because it’s going to be something that won’t be repeated for a long time to come."
Out of the ordinary...but not all that uncommon, particularly if repeated storms "train" over the same area or become stationary. Definitely not due to climate change.
7.62; Yea, I'm sure President Obama wanted SolYndra to fail. You sir, have no common sense in addition to not being able to spell. Oh, and get used to the idea of four more years of our great president.
If $500 million can't fix the problem, the problem is the industry. Or he sponsored corruption, you take your pick.
The inept clown in chief has VERY LOW ratings, and prehaps YOU need to get ready for obama to LOSE this Nov.. The HAND-OUT TRAIN is comming to a screeching halt!.
Hit a nerve 7.62? Obama in a landslide!!!! Common sense wins out.
So you are supporting a President that is either too stupid to realize where money is best spent, or you endorse corruption? I thought 12 years of this practice was enough. Obama has set a record for special interest fund raising and you think this is a good thing?
I guess the blind will always be led by the blind. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
I wouldn't say a landslide, but jeez, Santorum? Gingrich? Romney? I'm thinking Obama could be Hitler reincarnated and would win this one.
I'm trying to get two of all animals but the Lesbian keeps eating the cats.
Try taking your meds BEFORE you post, Mr Turd, so you will make some sort of sense to the rest of us
David-1023706. The post had to do with reference to an Ark being needed due to the large quantity of rain. Do you need explanations to the Lesbian and cat reference also? 2 of each animal... Get it???
I love when humor is lost cause someone is not smart enough to understand it..
140 IQ here dude, eat your heart out
The best part about the Internet is you can be whoever you want to be.
The only thing chicks find more attractive than a dude bragging about his IQ is a couple of vampires fighting over a bloody tampon.
I enjoyed the humor.
Mr Turd,good comment!Have you noticed that PMSNBC sports a story or even two about gays and lesbos every day!It's always about how they are soo mistreated,downtodden and all that other liberal crap!They don't tell that this group account for 1.9% of the pupulation and get about 20% of the coverage!I just wish they would go away.I'm tired of reading about thier plight!
I can win ANY argument against Global Warming. ALL I have to do is sniff that it would take centuries to discern any climate change so we might as well all just shut up and wait, And of course anomalies never EVER count even if they increase year by year
Some idiots do not know the difference between climate and weather. It is our WEATHER that is being amplified, climate hasn't got a DAMNED thing to do with it. Seattle's climate is NOT going to change to that of Los Angeles. Ditto for NY and Miami. Instead all the USUAL weather events for THAT climate get amplified because of a warmer Pacific ocean. Now is that simple or what!
Wow..
Hahaha. Some people just don't get it do they?
Actually by you're very own description you couldn't possibly know if this is weather or climate change. Climate is the measure of the pattern of weather over a period of time in a specific geographic location, weather is whats happening in the atmosphere recently. So with that out of the way we can say that a hot spring this year was a sign of warm weather, but the fact is it could also be simply the 1st, 2nd, or maybe even 3rd year of a new climate pattern. A new climate pattern has to start somewhere, and remaining in constant ignorance of the changing weather is to remain ignorant of the fact that climate is an ever changing beast.
Also you're claim you can win any argument by stating that any climate change would take centuries to discern is also patently false. For my example I put forth the little ice age. In this example of a temporary climate shift it was easy for those living through it to tell that something was changing in as little as 50 years. Hardly the centuries you claim. Its been over 100 years since the industrial revolution got kick started, and we have a whole lot of data to show how climate and weather all over the world has change.
In short David-1023706. Get off your high horse go obtain some real knowledge.
Don't mess with Dave he has a 140 IQ.
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Bobby Jones!
MannToots: Thanks for explaining that so I didn't have to because it's ignorance like this that really gets my blood boiling. Don't even get me started on people who don't believe in evolution! I'm sure David is one of these.
Is it possible for ANY news item to be commented on without politics being brought in? Sadly, no. Gosh folks, get a life!
Yea,kinda like I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.
No ,can't happen because the low flying,uber left wing of the Democrap party act like little children!I think,behind the scenes,they work for SEIU or at the direction of the Democrap party!They say the same thing on every thread!Their diatribes are relentless !Never make any sense but they continue to repeat various points over and over and over!
Incredibly simple physics. Oceans warm, all weather events amplify
Unless that's in the bible,I'm not buying it.
And the NEXT question is to those of us who love logic is why did the oceans warm. maybe,just maybe it was because its thermostat ice cube got a LOT smaller all of a sudden
And NEXT question is why did that ice cube get smaller since all the USUAL suspects the sun getting stronger, orbital anomalies and volcanoes have been RULED OUT
Did you know they once proposed dumping soot on the Arctic ice cap to melt if if they thought an ice age was looming? well guess what! We did dump a whole bunch of pollution soot on it and guess what else? They were RIGHT, it did melt
Whats' causing the oceans to warm? Oh, maybe it's climate change.
david - your moms calling, your lunch is ready.
How do some of you exist without a modicum of logic skills. Monkey see, monkey do? Thank GOD the only place you have in my life is here and in the traffic jams you cause
Given the way you act like an overly officious jerk, we're probably the only acquaintances you have. Now, heed your mother and go upstairs and get your lunch.
Real quick Dave, before you have lunch. Where does the wind start?
140-130=10
Show me evidence of the Pacific Ocean warming. How much warming and where...latitude and longitude? This storm did not originate over the Pacific anyway.
Wally
Read up on La Niña and El Niño and their effects on weather patterns.
Here is a good place to start.
http://www.globalweathercycles.com/elninoforecastgwo.html
The world's climate is dynamic and there will always be fluctuations in climates!Been happening for thousands of years.You are just an uber left,47%er who would prefer we,as a world,had to act together !Global warmering is a theory! It has recently been debunks by as number of respectible scientific organizations.Memember that little faux pas with tempature records being wrong or made up!
I live in St. Landry parish and some of you are just plain fools. Craig -- Katrina was a hurricane. You have to expect flooding in a hurricane. The idiots in New Orleans that stayed during Katrina asked for what they got. They were warned to get out. However, what we got yesterday was just a thunderstorm with tons of rain. So this is unusual and may never happen again in that just a regular thunderstorm would cause us so much grieve. What we saw yesterday was horrible. A coworker could not get to the sitter's to get her son, one could not get home, another needed to get sandbags for water getting into their home, buses would not bring children home due to flooding, parents were scrambling to find a way to get their children from school. Let's hope none of you get caught in this type of situation.
"The idiots in New Orleans that stayed during Katrina asked for what they got."
What an idiotic statement!
Calvy, it's harsh yes, but they live in a bowl on hurricane alley. They should know the dangers of where they live. It's not unknown to most, I know this as fact.
I was in Lake Charles a few years back when a thunderstorm hit!I thought I was going to swept away!Boy,was it raining!Hope thing are ok with you now!
Mary70570- "The idiots in New Orleans that stayed during Katrina asked for what they got."
That is a terrible statement...Most if not all of the people that stayed for Katrina had no means of transportation. They depended on public transportation (buses, streetcar, ect.) and there was no public transportation that was leaving the city of New Orleans. They has 2 choices, either stay at home or go to the Superdome. People died lady...they happened to be poor people....sorry they did not have the money to take a taxi or rent a car and pay for a hotel to stay in hundreds of miles away.
I am well aware that people died. There was transportation going out of New Orleans. Buses were taking people with no way OUT. People just refused to take that opportunity when it was presented to them. Please get all the facts before you speak. I live here and know the facts. I had a neighbor whose 90 year old mother lived in NO when Katrina hit. She did not drive and had no financial means but got a way out with a member of her church. We all have neighbors, friends, co workers, etc. They had ways to get out. They chose not to use them.
Mary, I am from the area and I lost everything in Katrina. I stand by what I said, there was no public transportation out of the city. If you, your friends or family did not have transportation, you were stuck. There was transportation around the city that would bring people to the Superdome but not out of the city. You need to get your facts straight. Not everyone is as fortunate as you are. To say that the people that did got what they deserved is a very terrible thing to say.
In case nobody has noticed, the whole state of Louisiana is about as flat as a pool table. Water is not only a threat to flooding there, but in many parts of the state it is a way of life. That's why houses in many towns and villages are raised up on posts several feet above the ground. That is not to say any flooding is ever good, but at least a lot of people -- well, those away from New Orleans -- are aware of the danger and have planned for it. Fishing off the front porch is pretty handy, too. By the way, alligator and cottonmouth moccasin makes pretty good eatin' if you're so inclined. Just keep the shotgun handy.
I've had alligator, yeah that's good stuff!! I can honestly say I've never eaten any snake... Just like cow tongue and pigs feet I don't understand it. Glad someone likes it though!
must be another sign of the end times
We've had terrible weather for a year now - worldwide.
We have terrible weather every year some place Jackie.
Hey can we inject race now ? This conversation is getting boring.
Foot race, or vehicle race?
More like rat race.
That wheel will forever spin. Too bad we can't link that to a power supply.
Attach a map showing the affected parishes, cities, and major drainage features dim wit.
Damn stupid people and their comments. So sorry for you folks going through the flood. Prayers are with you.
You're right, my comment was stupid. I don't even know why I commented on this or any story for that matter. This capability tends to bring out the worst in people. Sorry if I've offended anyone. I'm done with this b.s..
The weather has been extra pleasant where I live this year.
No signs of global warming.
Huh? If it is WARMER than normal---- oh never mind , I might as well try to explain it to my cat
be patient -where do you live - if it was supposed to get cold have alot of snow and ice - and as you say it was pleasant - then that would be a sign of global warming - see my post 23 - its been very pleasant up here in the northeast .......... its not supposed to be !!
This is too easy, everyone here - who would've thought David was a cat person?
Here in Denver last few weeks were snowy and cold. Last several days have been warmer than average. Why oh why can't the weather ever be normal.
Nos, I have a feeling that the only pu$$y he'll ever get...
crazy weather , man who could have seen this coming - funny ive been around awhile say half century - do not remember this extreme weather being so in your face growing up - tornadoes , heat , drought , crazy storms ,hail , we DID NOT HAVE WINTER this year - it hit 70 yesterday and just as warm today and rest of week , wonder how my snow removal companies and ski resorts will shut down - whats the expression the market is shrinking - the tan i had to wait till may or june for i am going to get this week - this is not data that has to be analized - these are real physical events, not that some of us believe our own eyes , like say looking at offical stamped clear as day birth certificate , and not cant bring themselves to buy it -
Oh it's AWFUL fred...the world is coming to an end and we are all going to die.
wally - spoken like a true visionary and caring person - of course you dont care your not standing in 15 inches of rain , but for the people who got ripped apart by the last wave of tornadoes the world did end - typical biblical philosophy - god gave us this planet to do what we want - you do not see where we are headed because you choose not too, no kids or grandkids then - well since i do have children and hope to see my grandkids i choose to care-- if you cant see we are slowly ruining this place by overpopulation and pollutants fine - yeah thats what we need your pea brain taking us to the future - just turn around and keep walking backwards and let the adults take over , wally
Oh when the saint's...go marchin' in...
Look, that place is the a$$hole of the country. It's called judgment day, or at least the start of it. Time to wash away the crime and corruption again.
Judgmental much? Not sure why you equate the criminal elements of New Orleans with the Cajun population of the area around Carencro. Probably just a display of your ignorance. BTW I see from one of your other posts on another topic you work for an oil company. You might want to watch spouting off about how you feel about people from down here, many of us who work offshore in the field are from Louisiana.
That's the most distasteful thing I've ever seen posted on one of these vines. You should be ashamed of yourself! If you'd been raised by a cajun you wouldn't be so hateful but what do you know about the cajuns? Obviously nothing, nor do you ever want to know about this courageous and strong group of people who have put up with a great deal in their lifetimes. If you walked around spouting that crap around there I dare say you wouldn't last long. You wish you had a minutia the character most of these people do.
And they're all a LOT funnier than you too!
It's a nice place! I like to fish,hunt so its accomodates my needsHave been there on fishing and hunting trips number times.The people are nice,friend and always willing help you out! And the food!The best food in the country!I'll vote Louisana as a positive good state!
What about all the data that was manufactered in the UK ,where the first,largest study was made.That data was used by most other scientist to verify the warming of the earth.When someone looked at the original data and found it was skewd because of bald face lying and madeup data,is when the your global warming theory hit the fan!Keep trying!How long have you worked for the democraps cdo8?
Jack O -
and please tell us, exactly what lovely part of the USA do YOU reside in ?????
Have you ever actually BEEN to Louisiana ???? It's a beautiful state and most parts of it are much prettier than many other areas in the US. There's no more crime there than in any other state. Corruption ?? Carencro is north of the pleasant city of Lafayette, NOT New Orleans ... this is in the heart of the wonderful "Cajun country". You won't find nicer, warmer people anywhere ... or better food, music or festivals anywhere. The Cajuns of Louisiana know how to live life and enjoy it !!!
Don't mind Jack, he's just a troll and the "O" stands for "Off"
Fred; 95% of scientists say man is causing global warming. The other 5% are paid by the fossil fuel industry. So who do all the fools choose to believe? I just have one question for them. If the 5% of bought off scientists are wrong, where are you going to go when the shiite hits the fan?
It is nowhere near 95% and many of those are jumping off the faux crisis ship every day.
Yeah, Wally, it's even worse for the denier crowd. 98% of actively-publishing peer-reviewed climatologists say global warming is happening and it's caused by human activity. You don't think it's a crisis? Wait a couple of decades, when it will be too late to do anything about it.