Some lucky rescues in Louisiana

but if these rains keep coming we may be on a boat as well. And my dogs are not pleased.

It's just picked up again over here.

I thought the house of cards that Booby Jindal left them with was about to collapse.

It's a mess

I live on a mountain and the FEMA lady I talked to at the county seat told me, "Honey don't worry yourself, when you flood they will not be anyone to call anyway".

is landslides. Dominica had a disaster last year after 12 hours of non-stop rain.

anything because rock is 6 inches down wherever you try. They use dynamite to make holes for septic tanks.

with the rocks - better than mud in a flood - stay safe anyway

how long until Trump/Cruz/Rubio blame Obama/Sanders/Clinton ?

Luckily mainly Red states

Thanks

They do an excellent job on their weather blogs. Plenty of science without it bogging down the layman mind too much

I just looked at the storm tracks, and it seems the NNE direction from earlier today has changed to due north. I'll probably start hearing those storms in about an hour...

That's some ugly weather . Stay safe -

stay away from rising water

How ready can we get in a city under sea level?

Hoping that the pumps do their thing

I live in a one story house that's not very high off the ground....good thing there's 3 different overpasses only blocks from my house.

I lived in the Monroe area after Katrina and I wish them well, so far only property has been loss.

Stay Safe & Good Wishes.

First heard it after Katrina. It's haunting.

Some would say a better singer, but both are damned authentic.

lovely.

quite profound

This looks like the second "100 year flood" you've had down there in 10 years.

Haele

Sure looks bad but I'm not there.

Think of what it would be like if it was for real! It would be this bad or even worse!!

Of rain, that's a lot of water.

Be safe all in that area!

this wet winter, I've seen way too many folks gambling by driving through a low area where they can't see the road.

Just don't do it.

My location has had about 15 inches. Fortunately we're on relatively high ground.

Our kids are in the NW corner of Arkansas, but they know where all the low spots in the roads are.

and there are worries that some of the levies may not hold

https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3262
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A remarkably rare atmospheric event is unfolding over Mexico and the Southern U.S., where an upper-level low pressure system of unprecedented strength in the historical record for that location has stalled out, bringing multiple days of torrential rain to the Southern U.S. and snow to the mountains of Mexico. The upper low tapped into an atmospheric river of moisture from both the Western Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, bringing rainfall amounts one would expect to occur only once every 200 years (a 0.5% chance of occurrence in a given year) over portions of northern Louisiana. According to the latest NOAA Storm Summary, as of 9 am EST Thursday, the city of Monroe, Louisiana had received 17.25" of rain since Monday, and Shreveport had picked up 16.70" at Barksdale Air Force Base. The heavy rains led to numerous high water rescues, evacuation of at least 3,500 homes, and closures of hundred of roads. Portions of two interstate highways in northern Louisiana--I-20 and I-49--were closed on Thursday morning due to flooding, according to KSLA.com. Three drownings have been reported since Monday from the storm system--one each in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.