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When Jefferson Parish didn't have the pumps on during Katrina, it resulted in 6 inches to…

Close-up of wooden parquet flooring that has buckled and lifted into peaked, tent-like shapes, with the subfloor visible beneath the warped wood panels, next to a gray carpet edge.

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Do You Know What it Means

When Jefferson Parish didn't have the pumps on during Katrina, it resulted in 6 inches to 1 foot of water in our house- this is what the floodwaters did to the old parquet flooring in my parents' bedroom. Being soaked in that amount of water and having the house all closed up like that for a month caused the wood flooring to peel off the slab and buckle. You can blame Aaron Broussard for that!!!

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Item 32042

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“When Jefferson Parish didn't have the pumps on during Katrina, it resulted in 6 inches to…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/32042.

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