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re: Tropical Storm Cindy
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:00 pm to poops_at_parties
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:00 pm to poops_at_parties
Area off old Jefferson in Baton Rouge. We were building when it flooded in 2016. Just finished last month, but flood insurance couldn't be bound until two weeks ago. Built above where it flooded but it still doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy until I have a bound flood policy.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 12:01 pm
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:01 pm to Creamer
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Let's pump the brakes a bit, the odds of two 1000 year floods in the same year are pretty slim.
I wasn't talking about the flooding in Denham. I was talking directly to the poster asking about the Northshore. If this thing sits over us for days then yes we will flood again.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:04 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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but flood insurance couldn't be bound until two weeks ago
Surprised they actually bound it in Hurricane season...
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:05 pm to RummelTiger
Had it written for a long time but couldn't put in place until our home was completed. We actually aren't in a flood zone.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:06 pm to Ponchy Tiger
Seems like these floods love screwing the Northshore lately. If you live in Ponchatoula I'd imagine the only flooding you're really going to have to worry about is if it can drain fast enough like it couldn't in August. It floods east of you guys commonly because of the Tangipohoa River right? I think that's where the flooding kills areas that just aren't use to it hitting them when all that rain comes down instantly the shitty drainage in SE Louisiana just can't handle it. Canals can't and all that water just backs up into yards.
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:09 pm to GEAUXmedic
Well hey, what do you know... Our company's weather people and the 3rd party we use might get this one right.... 
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:09 pm to deuce985
While our neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods did not flood last year, I noticed yesterday (and about two weeks ago) that water on our streets came up to and past our mailboxes very quickly.
Not sure what is going on, as water used to drain rather quickly, but with more development around us, I have to think this is part of the problem.
I sure hope that many people opted in for flood insurance after last year's tragedy.
Not sure what is going on, as water used to drain rather quickly, but with more development around us, I have to think this is part of the problem.
I sure hope that many people opted in for flood insurance after last year's tragedy.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:11 pm to Will Cover
Terrebonne Levee? @terrebonnelevee 2h2 hours ago
We may be closing the HNC "Bubba Dove" gate as early as tomorrow.
Placid Canal and Upper Little Caillou Auxiliary Structures to close today.
Due to tropical development in Gulf we will begin to close floodgates. Stay tuned for updates.
We may be closing the HNC "Bubba Dove" gate as early as tomorrow.
Placid Canal and Upper Little Caillou Auxiliary Structures to close today.
Due to tropical development in Gulf we will begin to close floodgates. Stay tuned for updates.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:12 pm to Will Cover
That's a good point because we've been getting a lot of rain lately here so the ground stays moist. I didn't really think about that. Some areas just ain't going to be able to handle that even if we're getting much less rain than when it hit in August. You have to look at the constant afternoon drenches we've been getting lately. It poured hard yesterday.
I've seen Northshore people bringing up the topic New Orleans is screwing them because since they built the new levee system they're getting water in areas that never came close to flooding before even in the great floods. So the debate is they're backing water up to the Northshore.
I've seen Northshore people bringing up the topic New Orleans is screwing them because since they built the new levee system they're getting water in areas that never came close to flooding before even in the great floods. So the debate is they're backing water up to the Northshore.
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:13 pm to RummelTiger
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Surprised they actually bound it in Hurricane season...
Because there's the mandatory 30-day wait period, hurricane season doesn't matter. A hurricane could be slamming the coast and NFIP will bind coverage due to the 30-day wait period.
If you're buying a property in a SFHA and using a lender, the lender will require it immediately. Then and only then will it be effective immediately and for those, the NFIP just calls it a loss because they're federal and federal guidelines require coverage in those instances.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:14 pm to Will Cover
I now have flood insurance but that doesn't make me feel better about flooding after going through this so recently if it were to happen again. I promised my kids that we would leave and never come back if this happened again. Not sure the logistics of such a promise but I really don't think I can go through this again.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:14 pm to Will Cover
Oak Alley and Moss Pointe in particular
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:15 pm to dukke v
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Well prove me wrong.....
why do you keep saying this? What are you trying to be right about?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:17 pm to LSUfanNkaty
That would some interesting weather for the Houston folks on here
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:17 pm to Will Cover
Speaking of that I had this conversation with my dad awhile back and he's lived here his entire life. He was talking about how people are complaining that areas that never saw flooding in big flood events are now and his explanation was it's as simple as you put it there: Development is causing more flooding because when you build up around an area what happens? Naturally the water gets diverted and water has to go somewhere so it just backs up into areas it never did before. SE Louisiana is a mess when it comes to draining.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:18 pm to poops_at_parties
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Because there's the mandatory 30-day wait period, hurricane season doesn't matter. A hurricane could be slamming the coast and NFIP will bind coverage due to the 30-day wait period.
If you're buying a property in a SFHA and using a lender, the lender will require it immediately. Then and only then will it be effective immediately and for those, the NFIP just calls it a loss because they're federal and federal guidelines require coverage in those instances.
Interesting...
Is that new, because I swore that the insurance companies used to pretty much say "frick you" if you were looking to get it during hurricane season.
Oh, or was it IF there was a storm in the GOM? Maybe that was it?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:19 pm to statman34
Broome and the metro council have been a failure. Flood protection needs to be a top priority and affects everyone in this parish no matter if you are rich, poor, black, or white. Clean up our drainage canals! Dredge the Amite river! Build the Comite river division canal! Do something!
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:20 pm to deuce985
Development is causing impervious surfaces which creates flooding. Water has to go somewhere.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:22 pm to Kramer26
NWS and Louisiana GOHSEP have a conference call scheduled for 2pm.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 6/19/17 at 12:23 pm to GEAUXmedic
Are there any good Apps out there that show spaghetti models, threats, etc ?
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