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  • August 27, 2017 at 11:45 pm #73405
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    From the wiki:

    In August 2016, prolonged rainfall in southern parts of the U.S. state of Louisiana resulted in catastrophic flooding that submerged thousands of houses and businesses…. Many boat-owning residents of Louisiana and Mississippi, together with other volunteers, formed an informal rescue service known as the ‘Cajun Navy’ and navigated through flooded areas to answer calls for help that they received via social media. They rescued as many as a thousand people and pets and distributed emergency supplies

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    Cajun Navy en route to Houston to assist in search and rescue
    August 27, 2017

    http://www.wbrz.com/news/cajun-navy-en-route-to-houston-to-assist-in-search-and-rescue

    BATON ROUGE – Over a year after taking action during the August 2016 flood in southeast Louisiana, the Cajun Navy is en route to help their neighbors to the west in Houston, Texas.

    According to the Southeast Louisiana Storm Spotters Facebook page, Houston area officials gave the Cajuns the green light to come in and assist with search and rescue efforts.

    “We’re in direct communication with them giving them weather guidance and also getting reports from them about road conditions in the Western part of Louisiana,” the post reads.

    Some members of the Cajun Navy are reportedly already in the Houston area, while others like Jon Bridgers Sr. say the road conditions are not suitable for others to travel to the disaster area.

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