BUILT UP THERE ON THE ROADWAY BEHIND YOU. YEAH, TRAVERS, I AM IN SLIDELL SAINT TAMMANY. I'M ON THE PALM LAKE SUBDIVISION AND YOU CAN. I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE SHOT REAL QUICK, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS ARE COMPLETELY COVERED, COMPLETELY COVERED. AND THIS IS JUST CRAZY. NOW, WE'VE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE ARE IN A MODIFIED VEHICLE, A GOOD SAMARITAN. HIS NAME IS WELLINGTON. HE LENDED US A RIDE OVER AND WE'RE JUST ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT HERE. THEY'VE ASSESSED THE DAMAGE AS WELL. AND THEN WE STOPPED BY BECAUSE WE SAW MR. LARRY OUT HERE AT HIS. HE WAS LEAVING HIS GARAGE. NOW, MR. LARRY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE? FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS. SO YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO THIS WEATHER? YES. EVERY PALM LAKE IS FAMOUS FOR EVERY TIME LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN GETS HIGH, THE WATER QUITS DRAINING. AND WE FLOOD A LITTLE BIT. WERE YOU EXPECTING THIS TYPE OF FLOODING? YEAH. I'D ACTUALLY TAKEN EVERYTHTHINGN MY FIRST FLOOR AND RAISED IT UP THREE FEET OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING 2 TO 4FT AND A FOUR FOOT SURGE PUTS A FOOT AND A HALF TO TWO FEET OF WATER HERE, WHICH IS WHAT IT DID. IT'S GONE DOWN ABOUT SIX INCHES. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. HAS YOUR HOME TAKEN ON ANY WATER? THE THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS IS TECHNICALLY RAISED HOUSE. THE FIRST FLOOR WAS IN 2002. THE OWNER GUTTED IT. FIRST FLOOR. THEY DID THAT TO SEVERAL HOUSES OUT HERE. AND THEY REBUILT THEM AS TWO STORIES. SO THE FIRST FLOOR IS CONCRETE, NON-LIVING AREA. SO WHEN IT GETS WATER IN IT, YOU HOSE IT DOWN, DISINFECT IT. BUT NORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY GARAGE DOOR HAS BEEN BROKEN BECAUSE CARS ARE DRIVING THROUGH TOO FAST, PUSHING A FOOT HIGH WALL OF WATER AND IT BREAKS KICKS IN THOSE MIDDLE PANELS AND KICKED IT OFF THE RAILS. AND SO I'M TRYING TO GET IT ALL BENT BACK. SO I CAN AT LEAST SEAL IT UP. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US TODAY. WE HOPE THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AND GUYS, THAT'S WHY WE. YOU'RE WELELCOME. AND GUYS THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU GUYS IF LIKE THESE THESE PEOPLE HERE, WE HOPE THAT THEY LIVE HERE. BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE OUT PLEASE DO NOT BE OUT BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. WE EVEN SEE SOME PEOPLE IN A CANOE UP HERE. THEY'RE ENJOYING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW. HEY, HOW YOU DOING? HOW Y'ALL DOING? DO YOU LIVE HERE? YEAH, I LIVE OVER ACROSS AROUND THE BAYOU. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE? FOR FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS? YEAH. WERE YOU EXPECTING FLOODING TO GET TO THIS EXTETENT? OH, YEAH. YOU WERE. YOU WERE PREPARED. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US. YOU TOO. YOU TOO. SO, GUYS, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, SOME WONDERFUL RESIDENTS. THEIR CANOEING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. GUYS. I WISH IF I KNEW HOW TO SWIM, I WOULD CANOE AS WELL. HEY, Y'ALL GOOD? HOW LONG Y'ALL BEEN OUT HERE TODAY? ALL DAY. ALL DAY, ALL DAY. SO, WERE Y'ALL EXPECTING TO CANOE TODAY? DID Y'ALL THINK THEY WAS GOING TO GET TO THIS? OH, YEAH. WE ALREADY KNEW. YEAH. THEY USUALLY ALWAYS GETS LIKE THAT OVER HERE OKAY. AND Y'ALL ALWAYS BRING OUT THE CANOE AS SOON AS IT GETS LIKE THIS. YES, MA'AM. GOOD DEAL. Y'ALL BE SAFE. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO, GUYS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WATER, IT CONTINUES TO GO ON AND ON. AND ON. AND SADLY, THIS IS JUST A FACT OF LIFE. LIVING OVER HERE IN THE PALM LAKE SUBDIVISION, PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, OF COURSE, THEY TAKE ON THE RISK OF KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO FLOOD. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MANY RAISED HOUSES, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STAYING INSIDE. BUT LIKE I SAID, TRAVIS YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOUOU GUYS UPDATED AND UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE IN SLIDELL. ALL RIGHT. SHAWANDA DEFINITELY BE CAREFUL. YEAH DEFINITELY. AS THAT GENTLEMAN SAID YOU LIVE THERE. IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THEY DO KNOW WHEN THE RAIN COMES