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🌱 Patch AM: Are you actually ready for Baton Rouge’s next flood or heat wave?

And on the Baton Rouge Patch calendar - Save Ferris

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Hi Baton Rouge! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • Are you actually ready for Baton Rouge's next flood or heat wave?
  • How a returning tourism pro could reshape downtown Baton Rouge's River Center
  • How upcoming Lee Drive fixes could change your daily Baton Rouge commute

Also on today's calendar: After Teaching Through 61 U.S. Colleges, Mr. EWS Returns with Affordable Online Fashion Class and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Hot; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 98 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 96, low: 76.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 95 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Are You Emergency Ready? (brparents.com) — Baton Rouge residents get step-by-step guidance here for preparing before floods, hurricanes, and dangerous summer heat, including how to sign up for East Baton Rouge emergency alerts. The guide walks you through evacuation planning, hurricane kits, generator and cleanup safety, and pet preparedness, plus where to find local resources and cooling centers when conditions turn extreme.
   

2. Former head of Baton Rouge tourism returning to help modernize aging River Center, downtown (wbrz.com) — Baton Rouge is bringing back former tourism chief Butch Spyridon to guide a major expansion and modernization of the Raising Cane's River Center and push for a new downtown headquarters hotel. Over the next two years, he'll work with Visit Baton Rouge, the Metro Council, and other partners on a plan city leaders say could significantly boost conventions, events, and the local economy.
   

3. EBR leaders set to repair potholes on Lee Drive before larger road project (wafb.com) — If you drive Lee Drive in Baton Rouge, expect short-term relief soon: the city-parish plans an overlay from Perkins to Highland to patch the worst potholes before a major widening project. Leaders say the long-term plan includes more lanes, better drainage, sidewalks, and new signals, with construction targeted to start next year and much of the work scheduled at night or on non-LSU-game weekends.
   

4. Judge rules that Baton Rouge school board candidate can stay after he said his wife forgot to mail taxes (nola.com) — A judge has ruled that an East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member can remain on the ballot after finding his late-filed state tax paperwork was a good-faith mailing mistake. Incumbent Patrick Martin, currently unopposed in District 9, faced a legal challenge from a local voter over his tax certification. The decision keeps voters' option to retain their current representative this fall.
   

5. Beyond Baton Rouge: LSU Students Spend Summer Studying Abroad (lsureveille.com) — LSU students spent their summer far beyond Baton Rouge, studying everything from Victorian literature in Oxford to sports communication in the U.K. and Spanish in Argentina. Their stories highlight how Tigers are earning credit, building global connections, and then bringing those experiences back home to campus and the Baton Rouge community.
   

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    Wednesday August 26
  • Save Ferris →
    Chelsea's Live, 1010 Nicholson Dr, Baton Rouge
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Found cat!
    Intact male orange and white cat found near Liberty HS, corner of Floyd Dr and Aberdeen Ave, Southdowns 70808. He showed up several months ago maybe… (Nextdoor Southdowns)
  • More Drone Pics just came in from yesterday's magnificent cleanup with KTTB ,Pivot and the Grove Recovery .
    !!! We are cleaning up Lives and Litter and are thrilled to be partnering with these amazing people. Check out these interstate pictures and then… (Nextdoor Summa Court)
  • Louisiana State University posted a job opening for Coordinator of Fitness Operations in Baton Rouge. Apply here.
  • Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Floor Technician in Baton Rouge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baton Rouge here.

Ok Baton Rouge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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