Photos, video: Ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, Baton Rouge residents batten down the hatches – The Advocate

Simon Chaisson, left, flips a sandbag into the back of a pickup truck as members of the DSHS Softball team form a fire brigade passing sandbags down the line. Denham Springs has gone through a huge number, estimated 15,000, sandbags as of Thursday morning, July 11, 2019, in Denham Springs, La. Community groups are there shoveling the bags for the elderly and infirm. It’s so busy that police officers and firefighters have been directing traffic around sandbag locations.