Posted on 10/06/2013 7:26:20 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson
With almost six inches of rain over the last 24 hours there were many evacuations and rescues from the flooding. Fire and Rescue units report 250 assists (temporary assistance from one place to another) and 12 rescues (involves boats and other equipment to extricate from high water) from the flooding with 84 evacuations.
The American Red Cross continues to keep their shelter open at Atherton High School and Greater Faith Missionary Church is also assisting the community with a shelter.
With 1000 calls made into MetroSafe from 10pm until 2am our volume has dropped to less than half of that number since 2am to present.
We encourage members of Metro Louisville to sign-up for our community notification system, CodeRed, at www.louisvilleky.gov to stay informed about any warnings that may continue throughout the day.
We will continue to monitor the weather situation throughout the day with our public safety constituents and will advise of any changes.
The following streets are flooded and most barricaded:
FLOODING
THIRD STREET RD / OUTER LOOP
BRECKENRIDGE LN / SIX MILE LN.
14000-15000 BLK DIXIE HWY
BLUEGRASS AVE
PRESTON HWY / MCCAWLEY RD.
CHENOWETH LN / OLD TAYLORSVILLE RD
CHEROKEE PARK & SENECA PARK
FRANKFORT AVE / RIVER RD
FRANKFORT AVE / WASHINGTON ST
2ND / SENECA
NEW CUT / SOUTHSIDE DR.
TAYLOR BLVD / BICKNELL
TAYLOR BLVD / CARRICO
LEXINGTON RD FROM MACON TO CORNELL
GRAFTON BETWEEN 10600 BLK TO 10800 BLK
HURSTBOURNE / SIX MILE
1200 BLK ORMSBY LN
BLACK THORN / KIRKHAM RD
TAYLORSVILLE RD / CHENOWETH RUN RD.
7TH ST / MAGNOLIA ST
7TH ST / BERNHEIM LN.
ARNOLD PALMER / FOREST OAKS DR
BALLARDSVILLE RD / CHAMBERLAIN
9TH ST / W OAK ST.
7TH / ALGONQUIN
MINORS LN / OUTER LOOP
PEABODY LN / GOLDSMITH LN
7TH ST / BERRY
7TH ST / NOBLE
SHEPHERSVILLE RD / WHISPERING HILLS BLVD
12TH ST / W. OAK ST.
CHENOWETH LN / BLANKENBAKER
BARDSTOWN RD / CEDAR LOOK
13TH / HILL ST.
16TH ST. / ALGONQUIN PKWY
15TH ST. / W. OAK ST.
3RD ST / EASTERN PKWY
8200 JOHNSON SCHOOL RD
FERN VALLEY RD / JEFFERSON BLVD
1700 GARDINER LN
2300 BLK MEDFORD LN
SHELBYVILLE RD EB TO I-265 SB
CANE RUN RD / KINGSWOOD
CHENOWETH RUN RD / TAYLORSVILLE RD
MONTICELLO / ALLEN
SIX MILE / GLEN OAK
NATIONAL TURNPIKE / OUTER LOOP
Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other severe weather related hazard. The Centers for Disease Control report that over half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water. The next highest percentage of flood-related deaths is due to walking into or ear flood waters.Why? The main reason is people underestimate the force and power of water. Many of the deaths occur in automobiles as they are swept downstream. Of these drownings, many are preventable, but too many people continue to drive around the barriers that warn you the road is flooded. Remember TADD-TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
If any fellow FReepers are heading to the Louisville area today, take your time and be careful.
I always feel for those who are adversely affected by too much water. They can be glad they don’t live on the Gulf Coast - a few years ago, we had a week that was book-ended by two 12” thunderstorms which each dropped a foot in about a 12 hour period. While not “common”, 6” is not a rare event either.
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