Water Damage Drying in Arabi, Four Feet Below Chalmette
Drying arranged for a low-lying Arabi house, started quickly, kept closed, and read until every wet wall matches a dry one.
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Tell us what you can see or smell, roughly where in the house it is, and whether the house is raised or on a slab. Those three things narrow it more than the size of the patch does, because they point at how the water is arriving rather than where it ended up.
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Drying on Arabi's lower ground
Arabi takes water lower down than its neighbor, so drying here may start at a floor that has been wet before. The town's interior point sits 1.85 feet above sea level, four feet lower than Chalmette, and 76 of its 150 repeat-loss properties, more than half, have been paid four or more times. The first day's work is extraction, then porous material out, then dehumidifiers and air movers with the house shut. The deadline is the EPA's: wet materials dried within 24 to 48 hours will in most cases not grow mold. An older raised house needs the space underneath dried too.
What water damage drying involves in Arabi
Arabi drying: house type, discards and a later survey
Tell the crew the age of the house and whether it is raised. 249 Arabi homes predate 1940, and a raised pre-war house holds water in its underfloor and wood framing where a newer slab house holds it in drywall and baseboard. Photograph every room and the water line before anything moves. If this is the fourth or fifth time, plan for a survey once the house is dry, since repeat wetting can leave growth behind finishes that looked fine before.
Raised or slab
Raised pre-war houses need the underfloor and framing dried. Slab houses need the lower drywall and floor edge.
What has to come out first
Soaked carpet, pad and insulation may have to be discarded. Removing them early lets the structure start drying.
Whether to survey afterwards
On a house wetted several times, a survey once dry shows what earlier water left behind.
Arabi's height and its four-times-paid addresses
Arabi's Census Bureau interior point stands 1.85 feet above sea level under the USGS national elevation dataset, four feet lower than neighboring Chalmette.
Source: United States Geological Survey, The National Map, 3D Elevation Program Point Query Service, 1/3 arc-second elevation, accessed 2026-09-22
Arabi records 150 National Flood Insurance Program multiple loss properties, of which 76, more than half, have four or more paid losses. 51 of the 150, 34 percent, have been mitigated.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, OpenFEMA dataset NFIP Multiple Loss Properties, data as of August 2, 2026, accessed 2026-09-22
St. Bernard Parish has 23,919 National Flood Insurance Program claims on record. The dataset covers claims from the start of the program and is redacted to protect individual policyholders.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, OpenFEMA dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims, data as of June 1, 2026, accessed 2026-09-22
The EPA states that wet or damp building materials and furnishings should be cleaned and dried within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth, and that if wet or damp materials or areas are dried 24 to 48 hours after a leak or spill happens, in most cases mold will not grow.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, accessed 2026-09-22
Raised pre-war, or a newer slab?
Tell us which, and roughly how deep the water got. In Arabi the drying plan starts there.
Arabi survey and removal once the house is dry
Arabi drying questions after repeat water
Our Arabi house has flooded before. Is drying enough this time?
Drying is the first step, and inside 48 hours it may be all that is needed for materials that were sound before. On a house that has been wet repeatedly, and 76 of Arabi's 150 repeat-loss properties have been paid four or more times, older layers may already carry growth, and only an opening shows that. Dry first, then survey.
Does St. Bernard Parish offer a flood rating discount?
No. The parish takes part in the National Flood Insurance Program but holds no Community Rating System class, so no rating discount applies anywhere in it. St. Bernard has 23,919 flood insurance claims on record. For drying, what matters is documenting the damage well: photographs of every room and water line, taken before anything moves.
Send the Arabi rooms and how deep the water was
Photos first. A person reads them and arranges drying for the rooms and the space underneath.