The Advocate on the 1983 Flood
Published on by Katelyn Costanza, P.E., CFM, Principal /Owner at Ce Hydro in Social
THE STORM WITHOUT A NAME - An oral history of the LA Flood of 2016
An April 8, 2013 article from Baton Rouge’s The Advocate has been making its rounds on Facebook. The article is titled “Hell and High Water: The Devastating Flood of Livingston and East Baton Rouge Parishes in 1983” (by Bob Anderson and Bret McCormick) and marked the 30th anniversary of the devastating flood.
I was young when the ’83 Flood occurred; I don’t recall much of the actual event. What I do recall is seeing water up to the old TG&Y on Range Ave., and drawing a picture of the flood for class. According to the Anderson and McCormick article, it appears that the events of the flood are eerily similar to the 2016 Flood.
What stands out to me in this 2013 article is the emphasis that such a flood as the one in ’83 could happen again. Though the experts differed on the details, there was general consensus that what happened in ’83 was not a one-time event.
Read full article: The Storm Without a Name
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