For Cedric Blue, the flooding in his south Memphis neighborhood near the overflowing Nonconnah Creek is a source of frustration and anger.
Blue, 39, has watched as the water engulfed three homes on his street, including that of an older woman who had to be rescued in a boat because she had refused to leave.
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Blue said he wants the city, county or the federal government to give him a hotel voucher so he does not have to go to a shelter.
"I just want a new life and relocation," Blue said. "I would like the elected officials to come down here to see this with their own eyes and see what we're going through."
Just let me know... is the Barbeque okay?
Well Mr. Blue, a good Democrat is president. You can’t blame your problems on Bush.
TV warnings are just fine. The problem is that people are stupid. There's that old joke about God sending a boat and a helicopter to a guy who was clueless why he drowned.
A few years ago, I watched the sky, listened to the warnings, and watched the water level. When it was time, we got out. Others were clueless and to this day don't understand how I knew to get out. Idiots.
It's nice to see bad things happen to bad people once and a while. I read this guys story twice because I could not believe someone would say that. What a POS. And it isn't even his house, he is freeloading off his mom at age 39. I wonder what this dope would do if something really bad happened.
It may or may not be the case with these great flooding, but I wonder how many houses are built on what was at one time a no build flood plain. My son, years back found a great piece of land and when he checked it out it was designated flood plain for a near by river....people are sometimes ignorant of what they are buying...
Old Man River doing what he’s been doing since the last glacier melted.
NOLA is already asking for money ...
Tip: don't live next to a river, deadbeat.