June 4, 2015 Red River Flooding Clyde Fant

I had a fund raiser event to go to at the El Dorado casino resort.  The event is sponsored by The Northwest Louisiana Food Bank and is called Empty Bowls.  It is an enjoyable fund raiser to go to and  I've made it for a few years.  They've been doing it for 10  years.
    Going to the event I thought for sure Clyde Fant Parkway would be closed since I was there at 1 and the water was starting to go into the road.  Curiosity got the better of me and I just had to travel the road to see how the water was doing with it.  As I drove down it the water was definitely up.  They had closed off the Stoner exit and I couldn't stop there.  I got to the Riverfront district and was surprised they were letting people drive through the rising waters.  Most people were not doing that but driving around it by turning onto the side street.  I got to the event right at 6:00 when it started but the whole lobby was full of people waiting to get in.  I decided to go ahead and walk by the river park one more time.  These were the pictures I was able to get on my cellphone.

I thought this light post would be a good reference if I got there again. 

 I could tell that the water was very close to the edge of the River park waterworks feature.

 I guess I liked this one the best because you can see how deep the water had already gotten, plus you can see the railroad bridge and SciPort in the background. 

 This one you can actually see where its coming up from the river.  I never realized this area was so low.

 This one because you have the railroad bridge base as a reference point.

 This I just thought was pretty and you can see how red the water gets.

 This is the Texas street bridge and the I thought it would be another good one to use as a reference point.

I was at the event from 6-8 and when I left I was pleased to see that they had indeed closed the road.  Going back I got onto Clyde Fant at another location and did drive it some.  When I went to exit at the Jimi Davis Bridge I did notice that the water was within inches of the road.  I figured it wouldn't take much before this section of the road would be closed soon too.