Sobering stats: 110,000 homes worth $20B in flood-affected areas in Baton Rouge region, analysis say

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Source: The Advocate (Baton Rouge newspaper)

The first analysis released Friday of the damage and cost of disastrous flooding in the Baton Rouge region shows that more than 110,000 homes sit in areas that likely saw flooding and they that combine for an estimated value of $20.7 billion.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber economic impact analysis analyzed data in nine parishes: East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana. BRAC says the $20.7 billion estimate should not be considered a tally of damage, and that it only represents the value of homes that were subject to flooding.

The report concludes that Livingston Parish has sustained the most flooding damage, with a whopping 86.6 percent of Livingston homes being in areas where flood waters have wreaked havoc in the past week. Just 21.7 percent of the homes in Livingston are covered by flood insurance, meaning thousands of people will struggle to find enough money to help rebuild their homes.

Across the nine-parish region, 31 percent of homes are estimated to have been hit by floodwaters, while no more than 15 percent of all homes in the region had flood insurance. In East Baton Rouge, 16.9 percent of homes were in areas that flooded.



Read more: http://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_flood_2016/article_62b54a48-662a-11e6-aade-afd357ccc11f.html?sr_source=lift_amplify

[YOHABLO]

1. You know with climate change and more precipitation > I think it's time to move to higher ground.

South Louisiana cannot take it anymore. Let the federal government buy up the land and make it a national wildlife sanctuary. Seriously.

[turbinetree]

2. Jim Inhofe----------------captain snowball

Hey, Inhofe, the Koch brothers poster child of holding hearings that deny climate change and that, it is all a big conspiracy.

You should be the poster child front and center on this flooding and other disasters that are happening in this country!

You fully realize after you get your head out of the Koch's brothers and other hypocrites ***** for the "Dark Money' that they put in your election coffers and others in your party going around saying that this is a hoax.

That these disasters happening in this country (take a look at out west the fires in California, Alaska, Norfolk Naval yard is slipping slowly under water, the Arctic and Greenland melting, the Coral reefs down in Australia, and now this situation in Baton Rouge, are bankrupting our treasury, the extreme weather conditions is causing this and we the taxpayers of this country are diverting resources to cover the costs and ---------------you do realize this don't you

And just think we got hurricane season upon us now and typhoons out west, because too much moisture in the atmosphere and to much heat around the planet, and people fleeing countries that have "NO WATER" for crops.

And somewhere in the breitbart world of your leader that you have endorsed, that thinks that giving out Capi Sun drinks in Baton Rouge is the solution----he has no policy, just like you except conspiracy and some how and some where this is going to be said that its somehow the democrats fault

[RapSoDee]

5. Republicans keep on voting for these ignorant ass clowns

Talk about voting against your own interests.

[turbinetree]

7. And this is just the beginning

take a look at what Louisiana has done just in this primary, and in the last one they had a governor that thought gutting programs was to solve the problems--------------

Democrats
http://elections.thelensnola.org/2016/presidential-primary/

Republicans
http://elections.thelensnola.org/2016/presidential-primary/

[jpak]

3. They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and not ask for federal $$$$

[Plucketeer]

4. The perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes

and scam artists.

[allan01]

6. why do they always make a big deal if its an exclusive neighborhood . homes is homes dammnit