Flood watch -- UPDATE

Over 4" of rain has fallen since yesterday morning here, and more is on the way. I'll be away from the blog in court in Louisiana today. Be careful out there.

A River Runs Through It



Here's the scene on Hwy. 71 near Hosston, Louisiana (between the cock-fighting club and the Baptist Church) this morning as Parish Deputies were stopping traffic and placing high water signs in the road after water crested the ditches.

Driving through Louisiana with all this rainfall made me want to break out some Randy Newman: