SERVPRO of Bedford Park / Burbank help Louisiana.

9/16/2016 (Permalink)

A typical street in southern Louisiana after the flooding Aug/2016.

SERVPRO of Bedford Park / Burbank recently participated in the Louisiana Flooding aftermath.  It was very sad to see so many people lost literally “everything”, but we proudly can say we did everything we could to save what was left of their homes.

Prolonged rain resulted in a catastrophic flooding that ended up leaving houses/businesses under water, mostly in the southern parts of the state of Louisiana.  With an estimated 146,000 homes damaged in the flooding, this disaster was characterized as the worst US natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Thousands of Louisianians were forced into shelters.  To make the situation even worse, most of the affected homes were not insured for floods; what FEMA offered is not sufficient for many families to restore their homes, and many residents are not willing to wait for Federal/Fema help and they had no option than to pay out of their pockets.

For sure this was one of the worst disasters we have provided assistance.  We will drive down the streets of Baton Rouge, LA and Saint Amant, LA and all you would have seen are resident’s belongings dumped in their front yard (Please refer to the attached picture).