I just got a picture that shows the campus flooded. I don’t know what to believe just yet but the only thing separating it from the Mighty Mississippi is the levee and last time I was down there the river was up and it looks as though it wouldn’t take much to top the levee down there.
The campus must be on a little bit higher ground than the flooded areas which are only a short distance away. I think the flooding is a combination of incredible amounts of rain and then the Mississippi is probably flooding in some areas.
But as well known as LSU is, you’d think the news folks would make some particular, frequent mention of what is or is not happening on the campus. - I’ve just thought it was odd for several days that nothing was being said about LSU.
Those are some incredible pictures of the flood in the link in comment #46. I wonder what the chances are of those homes and other buildings being salvageable after having five or more feet of water inside for days.
The Mississippi river (like with Katrina) isn’t the problem. The worst flooding was along the Amite (and I think Pearl) rivers.