By Dave Jordan
WGNO News
6:09 p.m. CDT, September 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS —
Some residents are taking matters into their own hands to prevent their areas from becoming waterlogged.
Paul LaPlace, a resident of the Faubourg St. John neighborhood in New Orleans, spent the morning cleaning away leaves from the storm drains outside his home. Clogged drains would have water backing up and flooding nearby homes.