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It is like clock work. When there is a predicted south wind and there is also a forecasted high tide, that only means one thing for some Delcambre residents. The streets along the bayou will flood.
Sure enough, Delcambre residents who live two or three blocks near the Bayou Carlin know the drill. Most of the homes along the bayou are elevated because of the water. Still, even if you live in an elevated home, residents still need to park their vehicles on higher ground before the water arrives
Wednesday morning, because of the 2 to 5 foot high storm surge, coupled with the south wind from Tropical Storm Harvey, water was making its way onto the streets of Delcambre.
The Delcambre police reported at 10 a.m. that no homes had water in them.
Some Delcambre residents were worried about the rising water that they left their home on Tuesday to go stay overnight in an evacuation center at North Vermilion High School Wednesday morning the residents were back home in Delcambre.
Homer Stelly, who is the town’s street commissioner, was in Delcambre Wednesday morning observing the rising water.
“It is still rising,” said Stelly. “Since 3 in the morning, the water has risen seven or eight inches. There is no way to stop it.”
The only way to stop it would be to build a levee along the canal to protect the town, but that would cost millions.
Different streets throughout Vermilion Parish have flooded because of the rising tide and the large amount of rain over the last three days.
In Intracoastal City, the tide was pushing the water onto the docks of oil field companies and onto Highway 333. The water crossed over the highway entering Intracoastal City but subsided by 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
Don’s Boat Landing, south of Henry, had a parking lot full of water because of the storm surge. It was not known if water went into the building.