Calling themselves the Cajun Navy, volunteers from Baton Rouge, La., came to the rescue in flood-devastated Houston http://nyti.ms/2x6jQSl pic.twitter.com/jkCwzQoY9T
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Calls for help were relayed by a dispatcher using a walkie-talkie app on volunteers' phones http://nyti.ms/2x6jQSl pic.twitter.com/5RPSb2xiiZ
To navigate their boats, they followed directions on their phones meant for driving http://nyti.ms/2x6jQSl pic.twitter.com/KUsec41NfC
After rescuing stranded people, the volunteers, tired and soaking wet, headed east, responding to more flood reports http://nyti.ms/2x6jQSl pic.twitter.com/j1G3HOGqJl
bravo
cajun navy
Meanwhile, the real US Navy is on the disabled list, like its Commander-in-not-chief.
I'm proud to be from Louisiana! My house flooded too last year. We still are recovered, my kids are headed to TX now to help.
Pay it forward!
GO CAJUN NAVY!!!
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