wherever they've moved evacuees i'd expect they're not in a flood zone. i'd expect that emergency planners are well prepared for inland flooding... hopefully they'll keep things shut down if severe flooding starts occurring later this upcoming week. can't have people running around like business as usual when a major flood event is underway...
speaking of flooding, large parts of cameron parish ought to be underwater at this point (aside from the large parts that are usually underwater in that tangle of bayous). orange, port arthur, and the outlying areas of lake charles are likely to see concentrated surge damage. for the folks who didn't leave cameron parish or the low parts of jefferson and orange counties in texas... i just hope they've got higher ground to escape to. after katrina i'm sure that only the most stubborn or cuckoo are left. i mean come on, they just had a hurricane kill hundreds of people in their state less than a month ago...
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