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PDF Mississippi River Flood of 1927 Album - Lsu "Striking swiftly in the early hours of the morning, the gorged Atchafalaya tore aside levee barriers and turned its full force on (Melville) today, driving residents from their homes into the streets, attired in their night clothing," The Daily Advertiser reported May 17, 1927. Percy, William Alexander. The National Safety Council estimated deaths in the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta alone at 1,000. As of the 2020 United States census, there were 32,350 people, 12,172 households, and 7,739 families residing in the parish. About 100,000 people in Acadiana fled their homes during the Great Flood of 1927, Savage reported in 2002 for the 75th anniversary. Clouds rolled in from the north and it started to rain. Kid that I was, I yelled when I heard the fire whistle, Hotdog! Refine results. "By the time we got to the levee, we were wading in water. For every 100 females there were 99.40 males. A new recording of the orchestrated version is included on the Katrina charity album, Our New Orleans, on Nonesuch Records. Nearly a million people were homeless. Some twenty thousand people were housed in Lafayette alone. As the water rose on the levee, it was the levee guards duty to fill sandbags and place them on top of the levee in order to stay ahead of the water height. WERTHEIMER: Herbert Hoover was President Coolidge's secretary of Commerce in 1927, so he was the man in charge of rescue operations. In the parish the population was spread out, with 29.60% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. In Melville, another town on the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish, officials concluded it was hopeless to continue trying to shore up the levees. The east and south were protected, or so most people believed, by a railroad embankment. : PI/CI/G74.4, no. Louisiana 1927 Lyrics What has happened down here Is the winds have changed Clouds roll in from the north And it started to rain It rained real hard, and It rained for a real long time Six feet. They migrated by the thousands to Chicago, Detroit, and other northern cities, changing the urban landscape in those places. "The merchants worked all day through the night trying to scaffold up their store goods. Mr. BARRY: Well, Coolidge chose not to run for re-election, but that was independent of a flood decision. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. The 1927 flood also helped propel Herbert Hoover to the presidency a year later. Louisiana, Louisiana. I just carried a cigar box with my marbles," he added. Used by permission of Dr. Ted Shepherd. Mayor of Greenville John Aloysius Cannons notes show the confusion among the people as the event happened on April 21, 1927. In particular, the narrator lays out the widespread nature of the destruction ("river had busted through clear down to Plaquemines") and the volume of water the flood produced ("six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline"). Mr. AARON NEVILLE: (Singing) What have happened down here is the wind have changed. MORE: 4,500 added to flood zones in Lafayette Parish. Public Schools in Evangeline Parish are operated by the Evangeline Parish School Board. See our upcoming events and sign up to attend. The people as a whole were confident the town would not get any water even should the levee break. Marcia Ball - Louisiana 1927 Lyrics | Genius Lyrics The Lucy Somerville Howorth Collection, Delta State University Archives, Cleveland, Mississippi.
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