Ten Things that we Learned from the Louisiana Flood 2016

[rardoin]

A repost from a fishing site:

Ten Things that we Learned from the Louisiana Flood 2016
1. AT&T sucks and Verizon is owned by a Cajun.
2. The Cajun Navy is better equipped than the Fed Govt and
is much faster.
3. Race does not divide us, the media divides us.
4. CNN stands for Covers Negativity News and CN stands
for Cajun Navy.
5. We will find the means to cook in any situation
6. All Lives Matter including Animals
7. No water is too deep nor too shallow for passage.
8. A Cajun can launch a boat anywhere including roadways.
9. Our strength is “ Togetherness ”
10. Under no circumstances will we be defeated
#LouisianaStrong
@mel-loves-all please reblog. I’m so very proud of my people right now. The world needs to follow their example!

 

[Mulligan]

A repost from a fishing site:

Ten Things that we Learned from the Louisiana Flood 2016
1. AT&T sucks and Verizon is owned by a Cajun.
2. The Cajun Navy is better equipped than the Fed Govt and
is much faster.
3. Race does not divide us, the media divides us.
4. CNN stands for Covers Negativity News and CN stands
for Cajun Navy.
5. We will find the means to cook in any situation
6. All Lives Matter including Animals
7. No water is too deep nor too shallow for passage.
8. A Cajun can launch a boat anywhere including roadways.
9. Our strength is “ Togetherness ”
10. Under no circumstances will we be defeated
#LouisianaStrong
@mel-loves-all please reblog. I’m so very proud of my people right now. The world needs to follow their example!

I am hanging this on my office wall, right next to The 7 rules of Admiral Hyman Rickover!
Thanks for the post.
CW

 

[dkhunt14]

I like 3 and 4 the best. It seems reporting is not what it used to be. Journalists, I believe used to pride themselves in getting a good story and getting it right. Now they just twist things to their liking. Matt

 

[M14AMU]

Tenacity we have.....smarts we don't! Up here in Ouachita/Richland/Morehouse Parish's we got 26-30" rainfall over a 48 hour period back in mid March. Thousands of homes were literally ruined, people displaced! As long as people are allowed to build houses in areas that are in low lying areas the problem will persist! Realtors don't give a crap about where they push their sales one iota and their 'clients' don't have enough sense to even think about asking "well.....what are the chances of being flooded here?" Not a clue! I can take you to places near Monroe, La. where I caught bullfrogs in high school that developers bought cheap and turned into a sub-division!! With a 3" rainfall it's flooded!! And all this schitt about what we hear about 500 or 1000 year flood possibilities are nothing but horse hockey!! If you live in Louisiana, as far as weather is concerned it would be best if you adopt the reasoning of......live to expect the unexpected!! Legislatures should enact law that prevents anyone from building below a certain as to be defined ASL zone in conjunction with the allowance of "OK....you can build in this area but you won't be able to get flood insurance or government aid and you're on your own!" But that isn't going to happen because nobody in the legislature has enough gonads to propose that or face the issue!! We got to remember that this country runs off of capitalism and $$$$$$$$$, not commonsense! Every month, everyone in Louisiana is charged a certain fee; mine is on my electric bill from Entergy to pay for the damage of Katrina even though I'm only 30 miles from the Arkansas border! The point is that EVERYONE gets hit for all these disasters on their insurance rates whether it's a flood in Louisiana for building in bad areas, a forest fire in California where idiots are allowed to build in what was heretobefore a virgin 'fire-trap' area, etc.!!

 

[Mozella]

I'm not a Cajun, but I do know one thing after hanging around with some good friends in South Louisiana.

A Cajun will never starve to death.

 

[painter]

We need a Cajun run government,

 

[NorCalMikie]

The United States Government "of the people" needs an ENEMA, REAL bad!!

And if ANYTHING "ever" happens, we the rate payers sure as hell will end up paying for it.

 

[Snuggie]

A repost from a fishing site:

Ten Things that we Learned from the Louisiana Flood 2016
1. AT&T sucks and Verizon is owned by a Cajun.
2. The Cajun Navy is better equipped than the Fed Govt and
is much faster.
3. Race does not divide us, the media divides us.
4. CNN stands for Covers Negativity News and CN stands
for Cajun Navy.
5. We will find the means to cook in any situation
6. All Lives Matter including Animals
7. No water is too deep nor too shallow for passage.
8. A Cajun can launch a boat anywhere including roadways.
9. Our strength is “ Togetherness ”
10. Under no circumstances will we be defeated
#LouisianaStrong
@mel-loves-all please reblog. I’m so very proud of my people right now. The world needs to follow their example!

You got that right brother!!! I'm of the blessed 10% that didn't flood but the devastation I see every day in Denham Springs is both overwhelming and unbelievable. The people of Louisiana saved these folks, not the gov't!!

 

[Pappy42]

"Tough times don't last; tough people do!"

 

[redrockranger]

I like 3 and 4 the best. It seems reporting is not what it used to be. Journalists, I believe used to pride themselves in getting a good story and getting it right. Now they just twist things to their liking. Matt

Urnalist, these days

 

[vmaxpro]

I like 3 and 4 the best. It seems reporting is not what it used to be. Journalists, I believe used to pride themselves in getting a good story and getting it right. Now they just twist things to their liking. Matt

I couldnt agree more!

 

[jdh47]

What a great list. #10 says it all.

Joe

 

[rardoin]

As long as people are allowed to build houses in areas that are in low lying areas the problem will persist!

I agree with your entire post. In this particular event, however, homes were flooded that were considered to be on high ground. In certain areas we received so much rainfall so fast that the storm drainage was massively overwhelmed. In those cases, which were in the majority, the water receded rather quickly but the damage was done.

 

[Tuxedo007]

A repost from a fishing site:

Ten Things that we Learned from the Louisiana Flood 2016
1. AT&T sucks and Verizon is owned by a Cajun.
2. The Cajun Navy is better equipped than the Fed Govt and
is much faster.
3. Race does not divide us, the media divides us.
4. CNN stands for Covers Negativity News and CN stands
for Cajun Navy.
5. We will find the means to cook in any situation
6. All Lives Matter including Animals
7. No water is too deep nor too shallow for passage.
8. A Cajun can launch a boat anywhere including roadways.
9. Our strength is “ Togetherness ”
10. Under no circumstances will we be defeated
#LouisianaStrong
@mel-loves-all please reblog. I’m so very proud of my people right now. The world needs to follow their example!

One of the best posts I've ever read! I've made a contribution to one of the groups who are helping out! Not a "name" group, rather one which comes in, helps in every way they can & coordinate w/those who know where the help is needed! Take good care & may God Bless you!

 

[Outrider27]

Many years ago I worked in Louisiana for a year. The response of the people of Louisiana is consistent with what I saw then; they are unbelievably tough and resilient. My heart goes out to them and my hat is off to the Cajun Navy and all the other volunteers that so quickly gathered together to help their neighbors in this time of need. Thanks for the post, rardoin.

 

[370bc]

That makes me in the mood for a Blackened Ribeye, Glass of Good Whiskey, and a Good Cigar. Keep Cajun Strong!

 

[370bc]

I like 3 and 4 the best. It seems reporting is not what it used to be. Journalists, I believe used to pride themselves in getting a good story and getting it right. Now they just twist things to their liking. Matt

After Ferguson, I realized the media is the enemy. Bought and Paid for by The Royal House of Saud Monies.

 

[stinnett1981]

Great post!

 

[Conaso]

You want something done or moved, get a two cases of PBR and ask one Cajun for help. He'll call his friends and relatives who'll bring more beer, gumbo and/or jambalaya for a small army, carpentry and automotive tools, a wrecker, come-alongs, a small boat with an 110hp outboard (even if not necessary), and cutting/welding tools. Tell them "NO DYNAMITE." They will show up in their 4-wheelers and at least one low-boy trailer with a back-hoe. One of their relatives will be a deputy or trooper, he'll run traffic control.

You want something killed, just tell a Cajun the season is closed, it's on the endangered list, or no one has been able to kill it.

 

[rardoin]

You want something done or moved, get a two cases of PBR and ask one Cajun for help. He'll call his friends and relatives who'll bring more beer, gumbo and/or jambalaya for a small army, carpentry and automotive tools, a wrecker, come-alongs, a small boat with an 110hp outboard (even if not necessary), and cutting/welding tools. Tell them "NO DYNAMITE." They will show up in their 4-wheelers and at least one low-boy trailer with a back-hoe. One of their relatives will be a deputy or trooper, he'll run traffic control.

You want something killed, just tell a Cajun the season is closed, it's on the endangered list, or no one has been able to kill it.

You sound like my kind of people!

You are officially invited over for some Ivory Billed Woodpecker and Red Wolf gumbo! Oh, bring some PBR if you don't mind.