that's been open all morning, pretty much the only place open in town, everybody stocking up just before the rain hits, including us. the cashier told us he is closing down in about ten minutes from now and heading for home. the issue around here, fred, is going to be this is a low, flat area and they have seen flooding in the past. 2001, tropical storm alison hung over here for way too long. in 2016, they had according to the police chief 17 inches of rain in four hours, 600 homes flooded, including the chief's. after that, they didn't wait for federal, state or parrish funding, they went ahead themselves to fix their drainage system and try and cope with what is about to hit them today and over this weekend. elsewhere in this area, lafayette just 15 minutes up the road, that's about ten feet higher than we are down here but the river there could be an issue. it's running very low right now, three or four feet, but it is going to rise to 15 feet, fred,
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