Shep reports no flooding on Bourbon St.
The folks on rooftops report is in Plackaman. (sp?)
Just now: Shep reports levees on East side have failed.
I think the levees have been topped not breached.
Plaquemine....
"Plackaman. (sp?) "
Randy Newman: Louisiana
What had happened down there was the wind had changed
Cloud rolled in from the north and it started to rain
It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day, the river rose all night
Some got lost in the flood, some got away all right
The river busted through clear down to Plaquemine
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Plaquemine parish,,Did you ever hear Marcia Ball's great song about the 1927 flood of the Mississippi,,she sang about the water in Plaquemine. But it was the city I do believe, not the parish. The parish of Plaquemine was home to Leander Perez, one of Louisiana's fine mobsters.