Livingston Parish’s New Disaster Safehouse | Baton Rouge News

After the 2016 flood exposed a critical gap in disaster response, Livingston Parish is building a $30 million emergency safehouse and operations center—designed to shelter up to 5,500 people normally and 1,200–1,300 in extreme evacuations—with FEMA-rated storm resistance for winds up to 175 mph, all funded by federal and state grants, with groundbreaking expected later this year. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/94bb4a76e412ea64