Perhaps you've seen the news about the flooding in south Louisiana. It's been bad. Lots of folks flooded out. Lots of sad stories.
The water began to enter my neighborhood in Baton Rouge early yesterday morning. The Admiral and I watched the water slowly rise in the street in front of our house. It filled the street then crept over the sidewalk inching its way toward the house. It stopped about 8 last night 20 inches below the elevation of the house floor. We still have water in the street but it's receding slowly. Others weren't so lucky. Many of the Admiral's family and friends were flooded. Roads are still closed. It will be days before many folks can return to their homes to assess damage. To make this sailing related, I keep Touche' sails in a commercial storage nearby. The storage building is adjacent the bayou which backflowed into our neighborhood. The Admiral and I went to the storage unit yesterday morning to raise stuff off the floor. Touche's sails didn't get raised. I'll go visit the storage later today. Hopefully it remained dry. Otherwise I'll be drying sails all week and being grateful it's not clothes, furniture and belongings. Thoughts and prayers to all affected. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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