and last updated 2021-05-19 10:42:05-04
Monday was a really busy day for Lafayette's 911 operation.
Craig Stansbury, Director of the Lafayette Parish Communication District, said the day was typical and atypical at the same time.
"It was typical in that any time you have a major weather event, your calls will jump a lot. But with a typical major event, we will have warning. So it wasn't typical that we had no warning," Stansbury said. "But the amount of calls we got, it was typical."
Since 5 p.m. Monday, 911 operators received 208 calls about vehicles stalled in water, and 65 calls from people asking for help to get out of their flooded vehicles or homes.