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    Shreveport Flooding

    Just got back from picking my wife and mother in law up from the protection of the Shreveport Fire Dept.. I awoke from a nap to discover that my wife and mom in law decided to try and make it back from Bossier City and got caught in a flash flood. Many other motorists met the same fate. On my roundabout journey to retrieve my very soggy, but safe, wife and mom in law I saw stuff flooded in Shreveport that I thought I'd never see and I've lived here for 30 years. For those of you familiar with Shreveport I'll give you a brief synopsis: I-49 at Kings had 5-6 feet of water, the bayou (or glorified concrete ditch) that runs through Betty Virginia park- on Line Avenue- busted its banks and the entire park and houses on the North side looked like whitewater rapids with the main park having 6-8 feet of water raging through it. I went down to the end of my street (Huron) to Gilbert Drive to check on an elderly friend of mine and the SFD had already evacuated the homes along Bayou Pierre, the Gilbert and Ockley sections were completely underwater. I couldn't make it to the bridge as there was approx 6+ feet of water. The news said that Dixie Gardens is getting it bad and I assume many parts of Broadmoor are in bad shape as well. Thoughts and prayers to my people in Shreveport/Bossier as it is still raining. Anybody that needs help or needs to try to get some info please contact me and I'll do what I can. BTW: 911 is no longer working in Shreveport (overloaded). Ross
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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    We did not have near as bad in Bossier City, but got a lot of rain none the less. My wife called me while I was at the baseball game tonight and recommended I stay with the in-laws in Calhoun. Decided to come home with no incidents as the weather stayed to the south of I-20. Glad your family is safe and ok.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    Yea... i'm suppose to be at work in 25 minutes.... I don't see that happening right now. Gonna try and wait to see if the roads will clear up a bit before going in.

    Shreveport got it MUCH harder than Bossier and I've got a few emails with MANY road closures all over S'port.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    Even part of Barksdale Blvd are under water. From around Parkway HS and south, the ditches are overflowing and the parking lots are nothing but water. With more rain on the way, this is going to get real interesting.

    Hope that everyone stays safe. There has already been at least one death related to drowning in this flood.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    My house got some water in it and we are worried about more coming in..

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    wow ya know I went back and read more carefully what you said about the flooding you saw.. and where you are talking about is right along the path I take to get home from work here in approx and hour.. humm that should be interesting.. I live right there next to centenary... And its pouring here AGAIN.. sheesh...

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    I feel for you guys in the S'port area.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    KTBS had over 10 inches of rain over the last 24 hours. According to their records, that is the most since 1931 when 12 in. was dropped by a tropical storm. I know a lot of my class mates had some serious property damage.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    My parents house out in west Shreveport (Cross Lake area) is an island right now. No way in, no way out.

    The good news is we always wanted a moat.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    Water made it to my front walkway. My street was 3 feet under. If you had a car on the street in Broadmoor it probably had atleast a foot of water in it.

    Good thing I'm a republican and drive one of those gas guzzling trucks.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    My street had about 6 inches of rushing water on either side (big crown in the middle). My house is on a hill, so we didn't have any interior flooding.

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    Re: Shreveport Flooding

    SANDBAGS AVAILABLE IN SHREVEPORT

    The city has sandbags available at 3825 Mansfield Road behind the
    offices of Streets and Drainage. When citizens turn in the gate, the bags
    and workers to load the sandbags will be directly in front of them.

    Each resident may have 25 bags free of charge. Residents should be
    prepared to provide their name and the address where the bags will be used.
    The office normally closes at 5 p.m. but employees will be there as
    long as necessary.

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