So sad the people down there always get pounded, so tragic, you have to respect the power of water.It amazes me when it happens that our country does not drop what they are doing and run to rescue, very sad.

One thing I will say....and I'm biased mind you....is that people here will drop everything and help others in dire need. Numerous private citizens with boats have been turned away from searching for flood victims because just so many of them showed up...and many of these that showed up to help had already been flooded out themselves.
Now, I brag on my state and people because I've seen it and live here....but I've witnessed via the news, residents of other states doing the same thing during their own disasters.....gives ya a lil hope about human nature.

OMG.... I have to admit I had my head in work these past few days and turned on the news this am. MR. Archer this is so sad and so awesome at the same time.
People coming together to help each other is so precious.

Prayers definitely sent.

In keeping up with the "helping others" theme, here's a neat little article on the 'Cajun navy'....

""When a major flood hits the state, this “Cajun Navy” assembles to rescue their neighbors who are trapped in flooded homes and rooftops.
From The Times-Picayune:
As thousands were stranded inside their homes as Louisiana floodwaters rose this weekend, social media users shared photos and thanks for the “Cajun Navy.” The term was affectionately applied to the many fishermen, hunters and leisure boaters who arrived to provide back up to official first responders backed up with emergency calls for stranded residents.""


Read more:
http://thehayride.com/2016/08/meet-the-heroes-of-the-cajun-navy-who-are-saving-many-lives-as-louisiana-floods/



The "Cajun navy" lined up to launch their boats and help

Thanks RebelArcher. Your thoughts are well received here. Here where I live (Metairie/New Orleans), we haven't seen anywhere near as much rain as our neighbors in Watson, Denham Springs, etc.; maybe 2 to 6 inches at most. So, NOLA residents are fortunate, but we are also very much thinking about our neighbors to the west. New Orleans folk know what that's like.

Wow! Will pray!

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GONZALES, La. -- The heartbreaking task of sorting through waterlogged belongings and ripping out carpets and drywall is kicking into high gear Wednesday in flood-wracked southern Louisiana as the state faces a long-term challenge of how to house thousands of displaced people.
But even as the water receded in some areas, it was rising in others downstream, sending people fleeing to shelters.
Officials painted a stark picture of the crisis: at least 40,000 homes damaged and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in Louisiana history. More than 30,000 people have been rescued since Friday.
Officials started going house to house to ensure everyone was accounted for. They also searched countless cars caught in the flooding.
“I don’t know (that) we have a good handle on the number of people who are missing,” the governor said.
Several thousand homes and businesses in southern Louisiana were without power, reports CBS Baton Rouge affiliateWAFB-TV . Outages fluctuated as changing levels of floodwater affected different areas.
About 60,000 people have signed up for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and 20 parishes were included in a federal disaster declaration.
And help was coming from quarters beyond the federal government.
Performer Taylor Swift told The Associated Press she is donating $1 million to flood relief. She noted the state’s residents graciously welcomed her kickoff of the U.S. dates of her “1989 World Tour” in Louisiana last year
“The fact that so many people in Louisiana have been forced out of their own homes this week is heartbreaking,” the 26-year-old said in a statement. “I encourage those who can to help out and send your love and prayers their way during this devastating time.”
There were scattered reports of looting, and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said parishes with widespread damage were being placed under curfew as of Tuesday night.
The smell of muddy water hung heavy in the air as people donned surgical masks and began the back-breaking job of ripping out soggy carpet, drywall and insulation. They cleared out spiders and cockroaches that had bubbled up through the sewer grates.
By noon Tuesday, more than two dozen volunteers had arrived at Rhonda Brewer’s Baton Rouge home, helping her take water-damaged belongings to the curb. Volunteers worked to remove wooden floor boards, sheet rock and insulation before the mold set in.
“The water was waist deep, so it’s iffy if I can take the sheet rock and insulation half way or have to go to the ceiling,” she said. “If we don’t make it in time, we trash it.”
In Livingston Parish, one of the hardest-hit areas with about 138,000 people, an official estimated that 75 percent of the homes were a total loss.
Officials from Livingston Parish were in Baton Rouge on Tuesday to talk to federal officials about getting some sort of temporary housing for their first responders - a sign of the housing crunch likely to come with so many people out of their homes for weeks and perhaps months.
Rivers and creeks were still dangerously bloated south of Baton Rouge as water drained toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Nearly 800 evacuees waited Tuesday in a makeshift Red Cross shelter in Gonzales at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center, a multipurpose facility that has hosted rodeos, car and truck shows and concerts.
Floyd Melancon, 71, and his partner, Judy McGehee, 61, remained in the dark about how much water - if any - their Prairieville home received.
“My neighbor sent me a picture. Water was in the yard. I don’t know where it’s at right now,” Melancon said. “Judy and I think it’s come up since then.”
In the house for 14 years, the couple doesn’t have flood insurance to cover repairs.
“We weren’t in a flood zone. It had never flooded before,” McGehee said.
Many of the homeowners in inundated areas have no flood insurance, leaving them prone to draining savings accounts and relying on federal disaster programs to rebuild and repair.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said that, in hard-hit Baton Rouge, only 12 percent of residences are covered by flood insurance, and 14 percent in Lafayette - figures he called “shocking.”
People in many of the areas that remain underwater weren’t considered to be in high-risk flooding areas and weren’t required to carry flood insurance by mortgage lenders.
The governor said he is worried about “battle fatigue” setting in as rescuers and residents deal with day upon day of stress.
The trauma was evident among people who went back to their homes.
David Key used a small boat to get to his house in Prairieville and said it had taken on 5 inches of “muddy, nasty bayou water.” There were fish and thousands of spiders, and mold had started to grow.
“I’m not going to lie, I cried uncontrollably,” he said. “But you have to push forward and make it through. Like everybody says, you still have your family.”
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suffering-from-epic-louisiana-flooding-only-just-beginning/

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_f1ce22ee-64b4-11e6-b11a-a393ff25161d.html

Our Views: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama

Advocate editorial Published Aug 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm | Updated Aug 18, 2016 at 9:40 am

Now that the flood waters ravaging Louisiana are receding, it's time for President Barack Obama to visit the most anguished state in the union.

Last week, as torrential rains brought death, destruction and misery to Louisiana, the president continued his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, a playground for the posh and well-connected.

We’ve seen this story before in Louisiana, and we don’t deserve a sequel. In 2005, a fly-over by a vacationing President George W. Bush became a symbol of official neglect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The current president was among those making political hay out of Bush’s aloofness.

[Flashback, 1964: Listen to phone conversation between Sen. Russell Long and President Johnson as the senator begs for the president's help.]

Sometimes, presidential visits can get in the way of emergency response, doing more harm than good. But we don’t see that as a factor now that flood waters are subsiding, even if at an agonizing pace. It’s past time for the president to pay a personal visit, showing his solidarity with suffering Americans.

No need for him to come.... He might get his golf shoes wet, God forbid.

Just letting you know......

The prayer warriors
& political posters have Louisiana's back.

Thank you, SassyEuro. We so need it.