September 2, 2011

Announcements:
Price Gouging Laws Are In Effect: If anyone is suspect of price gouging, please contact the
Louisiana Attorney General's Office at 800-351-4889 or visit www.agbuddycaldwell.com.

STATE AGENCY UPDATES:

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF): LDWF personnel across the coast are securing equipment in preparation for the storm. All enforcement agents are on standby. LDWF has 225 agents and 150 vessels ready for response The LDWF mobile command unit and three fuel trailers are also on standby. Wildlife personnel are securing equipment and preparing facilities at Wildlife Management Areas throughout the southern portion of the state. Fisheries personnel across the coast are relocating vessels, vehicles and equipment at all of the coastal offices, including LaCombe, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Bourg/Houma and Lake Charles. Currently 60 fisheries staff members are engaged in storm preparations. Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs (LDVA): Two LDVA Veterans Homes located south of I-10 (Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve and Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home in Jennings) are taking early precautions including patient assessments, inventory of supplies and medications, and topping off fuel supplies LDVA Veterans Homes located in Jackson, Monroe and Bossier City are on stand-by and are ready to receive patients should evacuations be necessary. Louisiana State Police (LSP): LSP is prepared to assist local parishes with road closures in the event of flooding.

Department of Natural Resources (DNR): The Office of Conservation has contacted several major pipeline operators with facilities in the coastal area and they have no plans at this time to shut-in any of their lines. They are taking the necessary precautions, such as, testing back-up generators, securing extra fuel for generators, securing tanks that are located in low lying areas, and placing extra personnel on standby to respond as necessary. Coastal:

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Terrebonne Levee district have closed the Upper Little Cailliou, Bush Canal, and Humble Canal Floodgates. The South Lafourche Levee District has closed their floodgate on Bayou Lafourche.

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Sandbags:
IBERIA PARISH: City of Jeanerette City Barn, 1610 Martin Luther King Drive

City of New Iberia The filled bags will be handed out at 907 Fulton St. For ease of access and to aid in traffic flow, the City asks that residents approach the facility from the North Street side.

LAFAYETTE PARISH Lafayette Consolidated Government distributing sandbags at 1 p.m. today. LCG has about 4,000 bags available and will only distribute 20 bags per vehicle Lafayette: Public Works Barn on Dorset Road. Enter from Pinhook Road, not from University. Sand, bags and shovels today and Saturday at 8am until supply runs out will stop once rain begins : LCG Public Works South side of Fortune Road LCG Public Works North side of old Dugas Road landfill (Shantel Road).

Handicapped and Elderly individuals 416 Railroad Avenue

Youngsville (residents to fill their own bags) 310 Railroad Avenue at the Public Works station 415 Iberia Street, 304 Fourth Street

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Broussard: (residents to fill their own bags; however, those needing help can go to the Broussard Maintenance Building on 2nd Street.) 310 East Main Street, Broussard, behind city hall.

Scott (will be distributing sand bags to its residents from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. & 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday. Residents living in the corporate limits of the city of Scott must show I.D. ) Maintenance Building, 118 Lions Club Road, across from City Hall.

Duson (Only residents in the corporate limits can pick them up and must show an I.D.) Community Center @ 310 Ave Au Nord next to the school

LAFOURCHE Not 232-HELP/LA 211s service area; but if we get calls: -

Thibodaux Field Office: 2565 Veterans Blvd. (985-446-0335) Raceland Field Office: 129 Texas Street (985-537-3390) Lockport Field Office: 6236 Hwy 308 (985-532-6474) Galliano/Cut Off Field Office: 128 West 97th Street, Cut Off (985-632-5670) Choctaw Field Office: 122 Choctaw Barn Road, Thibodeaux (985-633-2410) Bayou Blue Field Office: 104 Myrtle Place, Houma (985-876-5503)

St. Landry Parish (two self pick-up sandbag sites - Make sure you have someone available to place your sandbags within your vehicle; Parish Residents only. Opened today thru weekend. Residents living within the city/town limits are encouraged to contact their local municipal office for site information. ) St. Landry Parish Ag Arena, 1939 W. Landry Street in Opelousas Pernie Bailey Yard, intersection of Hwy 190 and Pernie Bailey Road, in Port Barre.

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ST. MARTIN PARISH Sandbags will be available for residents of St. Martin Parish beginning Friday, September 2, 2011, from 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Saturday, September 3, 2011, beginning at 7:00 a.m.-until at the following locations: North Barn at Grand Point Hwy & North Barn Rd, Breaux Bridge, La. Ruth Barn at 1035 Ruth Bridge Hwy, Breaux Bridge, La. South Barn on Capritto-Forty Arpent Rd, St Martinville, La. Stephensville Water Plant at Tower Tank Rd, Stephensville, La.

ST. MARY PARISH Franklin (to residents within the corporate limits of the city; available until 7pm leading up to Labor Day)
The Complex, 1300 Iberia Street

TERREBONNE PARISH: Bayou Black Fire Station 2820 Savanne Road, Houma Coteau Park (next to Fire Station) 2321 Coteau Road in Houma Donner Community Center 361 Azalea Drive, Donner Friendswood Church (Village East) Gibson East Fire Station, 5218 North Bayou Black Drive, Gibson Gibson Fire Station, 110 Merry Moss Street, Gibson Grand Caillou Fire Station, 6129 Grand Caillou Road, Dulac Gray Park (next to UPS), 3289 West Park Avenue, Gray Lower Bayou Dularge Fire Station, Falgout Canal Road and La. 315 Mechanicville Gym, Senator Street (East Houma) Montegut Fire Station, 1105 La. 55, Montegut Point Aux Chenes Fire Station, 1466 La. 665 Roselawn Ave. @ Payne Street, East Houma Schriever Fire Station (Hwy. 24), 1529 West Park Ave. Houma
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St. Anne Church, Hwy. 24, Bourg Adult Softball Complex/Airbase, 9544 East Main St, Houma Civic Center Bayouside Parking Lot (near Library), 346 Civic Center Blvd., Houma Cannata's Family Market Parking Lot 6289 W Park Ave # 5, Houma Upper Bayou Dularge Fire Station, 633 Bayou Dularge Road Ward 7 Center, 5066 La. 56, Chauvin

VERMILION PARISH (Providing shovel, sand and bags; residents will have to fill their own) -

Erath City Hall, 115 West Edward Street, Erath Area 2 Barn, 12002 Calvin Lebouef Road, Abbeville Public Works Barn, 2211 Leonie St, Abbeville Area 3 Barn, 19419 Veterans Memorial Drive, Gueydan, Area 4 Barn, 13531 Gladu Road, Kaplan

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