PIERRE PART - The water is drying up and life is finally getting back to normal for folks hit by high water in Assumption Parish. "The water has gone down drastically," homeowner Linda Gaudet said. Gaudet's backyard is lined with bright orange Tiger Dams to keep the...
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Rigaud resident says Quebec-made barrier saved home from flooding
As some Rigaud residents were assessing damage from another devastating Spring flood, Robert Bergeron and his wife were doing yard work at their waterfront home. “There was no damage at all on the property,” Bergeron told Global News. Bergeron said the 2017 floods...
Tiger Dam installed in Lemmon Valley
LEMMON VALLEY, Nev. (KOLO) - Just after noon on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, crews began another phase of installing the Tiger Dam along the west side of Swan Lake. The water-filled rubber tubes are sitting on private property that has avoided flood waters from the lake...
Washoe County Begins Installing New Barrier Along a Stretch of Northwest Swan Lake
Washoe County started installing a new barrier, called a tiger dam, in a small section along the northwest bank of Swan Lake in Lemmon Valley. The tiger dam is an inflatable tube filled with water and strapped to the ground to create a barrier. "They provide the same...