{"id":7989,"date":"2016-08-16T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2016-08-16T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T01:55:25","slug":"more-on-the-louisiana-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/08\/more-on-the-louisiana-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Much more on the Louisiana flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the national media is finally becoming aware of the unfolding tragedy that is the flooding occurring in Louisiana. \u00a0There have been many more reports on the flooding in the last couple of days. \u00a0So far, 9 people have been killed and over 20,000 displaced by the flooding. \u00a0According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/news\/gulf-coast-deadly-flooding-latest-news-thousands-rescued-evacuated?cm_ven=MKOR_FB_WUtest1_8152016_1&amp;par=MKOR&amp;__prclt=CXvqQfX5\">Wunder Blog<\/a>, over 1\/3 of all homes in Ascension Parish have been flooded by the water as levees failed. \u00a0Here are a few that I thought were especially helpful. \u00a0So far I have not seen much on the impacts of the rain on agriculture in the area, but I will post stories when I see them. \u00a0AgWeb did note that the flooding was likely to delay barge shipments due to navigation issues and personnel not being able to get to work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/news\/louisiana-floods-by-the-numbers?cm_ven=MKOR_FB_WUtest5_8152016_1&amp;par=MKOR&amp;__prclt=uZkONITF\">Louisiana Flood by the Numbers: Tens of Thousands Impacted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2016\/nasa-analyzes-deadly-louisiana-flooding\">NASA Analyzes Deadly Louisiana Flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iweathernet.com\/national\/not-take-named-storm-dangerous\">It does not take a named storm to be dangerous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2016\/08\/15\/what-we-can-say-about-the-louisiana-floods-and-climate-change\/?utm_term=.91ed564cc495#comments\">What we can say about the Louisiana floods and climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/headlines\/20160815-between-trump-talk-and-milwaukee-protests-we-are-ignoring-human-devastation-in-louisiana.ece\">Between Trump talk and Milwaukee protests, we are ignoring human devastation in Louisiana<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marshallshepherd\/2016\/08\/14\/the-psychology-of-dealing-with-unprecedented-events-like-the-louisiana-floods\/#44fb1c435269\">The Psychology of Dealing with Unprecedented Events like the Louisiana Floods<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-headline ng-binding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/la-rainfall-8-14-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7992\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/la-rainfall-8-14-2016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"la rainfall 8-14-2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/la-rainfall-8-14-2016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/la-rainfall-8-14-2016-184x138.jpg 184w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/08\/la-rainfall-8-14-2016.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the national media is finally becoming aware of the unfolding tragedy that is the flooding occurring in Louisiana. \u00a0There have been many more reports on the flooding in the last couple of days. \u00a0So far, 9 people have been killed and over 20,000 displaced by the flooding. \u00a0According to the Wunder Blog, 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