EBR chooses firm to handle storm water drainage issues

Thomas Ellis lives in the Monticello neighborhood in north Baton Rouge. Most of the houses around there got several feet of water after last August's flood. Ellis is still working on his."Well of course I got 47 inches. Actually one side of the house got 47 the other got 43, I don't know why, but we lost everything," Ellis said, and he's terrified it will happen again."Every time it rains, I run up to the river and look at it."The Parish is working to make sure it doesn't happen again."The last