Serving The New Orleans Metro Area, North and South Shores, East and West Bank.
Offering help to our local community with Katrina Clean-Up
Bonded and Insured
When your house floods, the water can wreak havoc on the structure of the house, your personal belongings, and the health of the inside environment. We have all been affected; we all can help each other. Flood waters contain many contaminants and lots of mud. High dollar items have been ruined all at once, even with just an inch of water, for example: carpeting, wallboard, appliances, and furniture. Most of us have been affected by Katrina. Improper clean up can cause further damage to even more expensive systems, like: ducts, the heater and air conditioner, roofing, private sewage and well systems, utilities, and the foundation. Have these items cleaned and sanitized now, while the insurance company is paying claims. After a flood, cleaning up is a long and hard process. Please call us for help, fair prices, and honest work. In our experience all homeowners have been reimbursed from there insurance provider. We will be working with you to offer reasonable rates and special discounts to seniors. For a free estimateplease contact us. We prefer a online communication. We will return all requests for service. If immediate help is required call (985) 893-8501
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The May 8th 1995 New Orleans Flood struck the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, shutting down the city for two days. It was a two-event phenomenon. It first hit the southshore of Lake Ponchartrain, including Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish. Areas south of the lake began receiving tremendous amounts of rain at approximately 5:30 PM on May 7th, continuing into the early morning hours of May 8th. The flooding began on the Southshore, including New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, River Ridge, and Harahan, on May 8. During a short period of twelve hours, some areas received twenty inches of rainfall. The next day, the Northshore of Lake Ponchartrain, including Slidell, Covington, etc. received similar amounts of rain and flooding.
Many compared this to the great November 1979 Louisiana Flood, or the more recent November 1989 Louisiana Flood, though the May 8th Flood was more extensive and costlier than both combined. It was the worst flooding the city had experienced between hurricanes Betsy in 1965 and Katrina in 2005. Perhaps the only comparable flood caused by rain alone was the Good Friday 1927 flood.
Six people died as a result of the flooding. The city of New Orleans had $360 million of damages, and the damage of the surrounding areas put that total above $1 billion. Tens of thousands of homes and cars were flooded. New pumping stations were built and canals were expanded to prevent further catastrophic rainfall floods. Some politicians began to push for pumping rain waters directly into the Mississippi River, but environmental groups argued against this plan. The idea has since been raised in brainstorming for ideas in how to prevent flooding in New Orleans post Katrina.
The cause of the massive rain fall totals was a stalled out frontal system from the northwest. It produced a train effect, in which squall lines continued to form over the same area. Pumping stations were overwhelmed and could not pump out the water into Lake Ponchartrain.
