The Unnamed Disaster in Louisiana

unsung

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

Louisiana isn't experiencing a 1000 year disaster. I think you don't understand what 1000 year disasters mean.

cp3iverson

Getting derailed because of an attention seeker......donate to the Red Cross or elsewhere if you can. The water is still rising in areas. That's all. Thank you.

evenflow

unsung said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

Louisiana isn't experiencing a 1000 year disaster. I think you don't understand what 1000 year disasters mean.

Well according the NWS

The Louisiana Flood of 2016 was triggered by a complicated, slow-moving low-pressure weather system that dumped as much as two feet of rain on parts of East Baton Rouge, Livingston and St. Helena parishes in 48 hours. The record two-day rainfall in those areas had a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in any year, the equivalent of a "1,000-year rain", according to the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, based at the Slidell office of the National Weather Service.

Someone's not quite as smart as they think. But I'm done arguing about it. I've got way more important things to worry about than some troll. I just came here to get away from all of it for a minute.

evenflow

mickeyrat said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

how bad is it for you and yours?

I've got 1' in the house and both of my cars were submerged. The crazy thing was it happened so fast. I was at work when the rain started and left when I got a call that it was getting bad. By the time i got home it was already in. Pretty much my whole town of Denham Springs is a total loss. This is way worse for this area than Katrina or Gustav was. Plus it was really unexpected not like a hurricane where we have days to prepare. I've lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this.

Bentleyspop

evenflow said:

unsung said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

Louisiana isn't experiencing a 1000 year disaster. I think you don't understand what 1000 year disasters mean.

Well according the NWS

The Louisiana Flood of 2016 was triggered by a complicated, slow-moving low-pressure weather system that dumped as much as two feet of rain on parts of East Baton Rouge, Livingston and St. Helena parishes in 48 hours. The record two-day rainfall in those areas had a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in any year, the equivalent of a "1,000-year rain", according to the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, based at the Slidell office of the National Weather Service.

Someone's not quite as smart as they think. But I'm done arguing about it. I've got way more important things to worry about than some troll. I just came here to get away from all of it for a minute.

The National Weather Service is part of the govt.
Can't trust the govt.
D'uh

hedonist

I'm so sorry, evenflow. May you and your family (and pets, if any) keep as safe and dry as possible.

g under p

In one part of the country we have fire tornados with a lack of rain then in another far too much rain in Louisana. Stay safe everyone.

Peace

RunIntoTheRain

evenflow said:

mickeyrat said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

how bad is it for you and yours?

I've got 1' in the house and both of my cars were submerged. The crazy thing was it happened so fast. I was at work when the rain started and left when I got a call that it was getting bad. By the time i got home it was already in. Pretty much my whole town of Denham Springs is a total loss. This is way worse for this area than Katrina or Gustav was. Plus it was really unexpected not like a hurricane where we have days to prepare. I've lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this.

My thoughts are with you, your family and everyone else impacted by this. I cannot even imagine how hard this must be.

It's a time for empathy and help if you can give it unsung. Pretty sure this is a good time for Ed's rule "don't be an asshole"

pjalive21

evenflow said:

mickeyrat said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

how bad is it for you and yours?

I've got 1' in the house and both of my cars were submerged. The crazy thing was it happened so fast. I was at work when the rain started and left when I got a call that it was getting bad. By the time i got home it was already in. Pretty much my whole town of Denham Springs is a total loss. This is way worse for this area than Katrina or Gustav was. Plus it was really unexpected not like a hurricane where we have days to prepare. I've lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this.

stay safe out there! thoughts with you and everyone in the area

FoxyRedLa

A co-worker of mine moved to LA I dunno with in the past year or so and was involved in this flood. She has flood insurance but it's only structural - she lost everything. Insurance covers zero contents so.....

She has a family of 6 they are all safe! Wahooo! But have nothing. And have to start over.

She too said it happened fast.

jeffbr

evenflow said:

mickeyrat said:

evenflow said:

Well guess what, I've never flooded before this. My parents old house that was built in the 50's has also never flooded. Guess what happened this time. So please tell me, where did you move that you're immune to freak 1,000 year natural disasters? Get a few beds ready, because me and everybody I know are coming over to your house to crash.

how bad is it for you and yours?

I've got 1' in the house and both of my cars were submerged. The crazy thing was it happened so fast. I was at work when the rain started and left when I got a call that it was getting bad. By the time i got home it was already in. Pretty much my whole town of Denham Springs is a total loss. This is way worse for this area than Katrina or Gustav was. Plus it was really unexpected not like a hurricane where we have days to prepare. I've lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this.

Wow, evenflow, sorry you're dealing with this. I hope you and your family are safe. I can't imagine what your community is going through right now. It sounds devastating. Good luck!

cp3iverson

Best of luck to you and your family evenflow. Your town took the worst hit of all of them

josevolution

So people post to condemn people for living in areas where disasters happen , damn you guys a have all the answers !

mickeyrat

unsung said:

Yeah, no common sense.

11 dead.

Free

Worse than Katrina, yet not half the publicity as the Rio Olympics??

unsung

Sorry, I got my information here.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5731916

josevolution

unsung said:

Sorry, I got my information here.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5731916

So the folks who live in Frisco have be idiots to live there , just waiting for the big one to hit ..

Thirty Bills Unpaid

josevolution said:

unsung said:

Sorry, I got my information here.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5731916

So the folks who live in Frisco have be idiots to live there , just waiting for the big one to hit ..

Assumed, inherent risk.

That's not to say we can't feel badly for misfortune when misfortune hits though.

Degeneratefk

The Huffington post?

josevolution

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

josevolution said:

unsung said:

Sorry, I got my information here.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5731916

So the folks who live in Frisco have be idiots to live there , just waiting for the big one to hit ..

Assumed, inherent risk.

That's not to say we can't feel badly for misfortune when misfortune hits though.

I agree , I feel bad for folks who lost everything ...