Not normal. Most of the flooded areas have never been flooded before. Some of those areas got 24" or more of rain over a twelve hour period. One town was flooded because the I-12 corridor which runs East-West formed a barrier preventing efficient drainage of an adjacent river basin. The mayor of that town has been trying for years to get the State and Federal highway people to create more drainage passes under the highway in that area.

The highway in that picture is LA-10 which also runs East-West and crosses three small rivers, one of which is the Tickfaw near our lease. So far as I know water has never closed that road (even during Hurricane Katrina). During the worst of the flood, water was above the three-foot side rails on the 100 foot long bridge over the Tickfaw. Normal river level is about 20 feet below the bottom of the bridge.