Episode Five | Deep Water: “Responding To Chaos”

In this series of “Behind The Scenes”, Sheriff Jason Ard recounts the August 2016 flood in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The Sheriff sits down with former Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks as they recall aspects of responding to the disaster from both a state and federal level including FEMA, the National Guard and other state agencies amid mounting concerns of closed bridges, looting and shortages of shelters.

Timestamps
05:09 Families in the Flood
13:11 Leadership Under Pressure
24:36 The First Days After
32:55 A Changed Parish
36:40 Air View of Damage
39:56 The Hardest Challenge

Keywords
Livingston Parish,2016 flood,podcast,behind the scenes,louisiana,Layton Ricks,