[Magdalen] Louisiana-California.

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

>>>Jo, who is within 2 blocks of three feet of water getting in houses and 5 blocks from the nearest drowning, and who is not in a flood plain, so "they" say.<<<

National floodplain regulations are based on the 1% chance annual flood (the old "100-year floodplain"), so there's very little doubt in my mind -- NONE, in fact -- that Louisiana's current water woes are well above that national regulatory standard.