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Louisiana Floods: in their own words, stories and how to help
On the Louisiana Floods, personal stories from Blair, Bru, and Logan, plus an update from Elizabeth about ways to lift up your Louisiana loved ones.
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33min In their own words: stories from the Louisiana Floods with Blair, Brunee, and Logan
Blair tells of her nighttime escape from the flood waters that entered her home in East Baton Rouge, the twelve hours of waiting for rescue, and the painful work of gutting and discarding what the water soaked through. She is thankful her family is safe, and for the friends, family, and neighbors that pulled together on social networking sites to respond to this disaster and support each other first. Blair hopes that the reality of climate change will better inform policy direction and community rebuilding.
Brunee's land and workplace are in Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, which flooded heavily with the disaster. His land faces a country highway and extends to the Tickfaw River. The Tickfaw experienced record flooding in March of this year and again this week; Brunee marvels that these two record floods occurred so close together. He is thankful he did not yet build a home on the property, but he lost a car and motorcycle, and the busses he resides in on the property were flooded but will be salvaged.
Logan returned from a long study abroad program to Saturday's historic flooding. His home and neighborhood were dry, so he set to task volunteering in community-run shelters and responding to friends who needed help gutting their homes. After his time away, during which Alton Sterling was murdered by police, Logan says the Baton Rouge he left is not the one he returned to. His hopes are for racial justice and an equitable rebuilding process.
Blair tells of her nighttime escape from the flood waters that entered her home in East Baton Rouge, the twelve hours of waiting for rescue, and the painful work of gutting and discarding what the water soaked through. She is thankful her family is safe, and for the friends, family, and neighbors that pulled together on social networking sites to respond to this disaster and support each other first. Blair hopes that the reality of climate change will better inform policy direction and community rebuilding.
Brunee's land and workplace are in Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, which flooded heavily with the disaster. His land faces a country highway and extends to the Tickfaw River. The Tickfaw experienced record flooding in March of this year and again this week; Brunee marvels that these two record floods occurred so close together. He is thankful he did not yet build a home on the property, but he lost a car and motorcycle, and the busses he resides in on the property were flooded but will be salvaged.
Logan returned from a long study abroad program to Saturday's historic flooding. His home and neighborhood were dry, so he set to task volunteering in community-run shelters and responding to friends who needed help gutting their homes. After his time away, during which Alton Sterling was murdered by police, Logan says the Baton Rouge he left is not the one he returned to. His hopes are for racial justice and an equitable rebuilding process.
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