Last week was just plain weird with non-stop continuous rain in southern Louisiana that filled up our rivers and covered our roadways to the point where they became unsafe to drive or even to walk to work.
No. It was not a hurricane, but it could have been the next worst thing as Friday’s downpour in most of St. Charles Parish turned the ditches into overflowing drains and the rivers into waterways that forbade anyone to get near their shores much less going for a swim in them.
In fact, these floods portrayed hurricanes as a much safer disruption of nature.
After the flood waters began to calm down late Friday in our area there was still the threat that danger could re-emerge. And that kept most of our citizens at home for a safe weekend.
But then water invaded homes in much of Louisiana in the latter part of the week as could be expected with such downpours that we had.
During much of the week, up to 60 percent downpours were recorded and it seldom got less than 40 percent.
Come the weekend, the rain lessened up a bit, but much of the water remained leaving slippery paths for our travels. And the damages that were done remained for cleanup.
Though St. Charles Parish got hit very hard, some other areas got it much worse.
Among the hardest hit areas in the state were Livingston, East Baton Rouge and Tangipahoa parishes.
Some 1,000 reportedly were rescued in Livingston Parish, some of whom had retreated to their attics and rooftops before emergency crews got to them aboard helicopters and boats.
Many more were rescued by good neighbors who fished them out of the flooded homes.
It was all quite an experience … one that we do not usually experience in our state even with our record of hurricanes hitting our coast every year or two.
But our citizens lived through it very well thanks to the helpfulness and kindness of Louisianians to their neighbors and fellow citizens.
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