Norco home takes on a foot of floodwater during Francine [Video]

ALL RIGHT, JOE, THANK YOU. MORE THAN 100 HOMES IN SAINT CHARLES PARISH ARE DRYING OUT RIGHT NOW. AFTER TAKING ON INCHES IN SOME CASES, EVEN A FOOT OF WATER. WDSU REPORTER ELIZABETH KUEBEL IS LIVE IN NORCO. AS HOMEOWNERS START THE REBUILDING AND REPAIRING PROCESS FOLLOWING THE FLOODING FROM FRANCINE. ELIZABETH. EXACTLY RIGHT. TRAVERS. AND WHEN THAT STORM BARRELED THROUGH WHERE I’M STANDING RIGHT NOW IN THIS NORCO HOME WAS COVERED IN A FOOT OF WATER. STILL, THE HOMEOWNER HERE HAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE POSITIVE ATTITUDE. AND HE SAYS HE STILL FEELS BLESSED TONIGHT. UNBELIEVABLE. PICTURES SHOW THE SURGE OF THE STORM INSIDE CHRIS JOHNSON’S NORCO HOME. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN SOAKING IN FRANCINE’S FLOOD WATERS. I WAS AT THE FRONT DOOR SHOVELING BUCKETS OF WATER, AND THEN I COME INSIDE. THREE DIFFERENT AREAS WERE TAKING ON WATER. IT’S ABOUT TOP OF MY CALF …