[American Quilter]

Terrible flooding going on in Louisiana and Mississippi. Are there any FReepers in that area?

[fortheDeclaration]

My wife's relatives had to evacuate their homes, the water was up to their roof!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

First in to say, ‘George Bush Hates Black People!!’

What do I win? ;)

Prayers up. People do NOT need to go through this. However, when you build on swampland, you’ve kinda got to expect this from time to time.

(And that’s nobody’s fault except for the people who thought this was A Good Idea in the first place...and yes, I have friends in LA, and yes, I’ve lived there/done Army Training in said swamps. Blah, blah, blah.)

[HokieMom]

I saw this rescue video on facebook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJp46z1TS9A

[MinuteGal]

For years, I've purchased wonderful New Orleans coffee over the internet. I tried to place an order yesterday...and after dialing for almost an hour, my call was finally answered by a lady in Atlanta who was temporarily taking orders.

She said that the Louisiana company was under water due to flooding and was shut down. She said "it's really bad down there, ma'am".

I don't know when I'll receive my order...but the wait for this coffee is well worth it...and I hope this fine company makes a timely recovery from the devastation and water damage.

Leni

[plain talk]

I have family in Louisiana. Water didn’t get in the house. They did manage to catch some fish in their boat while cruising around outside their home. I have seen a lot of floods but this was right up with the worst of them.

[angcat]

Can you imagine the media if Bush was on vacation and Louisiana was flooded and Milwaukee was burning?