Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Chad Martin, left and David Amedee, right, load sand bags at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Aug. 30, one day after Hurricane Isaac lumbered through the area. The men said they would use the sandbags to protect their houses from rising water.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office trusties help load sandbags at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center Thursday. Ascension and Iberville parish workers and Ascension Parish Sheriff's office provided more than 45,000 sandbags at the center.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Chad Martin, left, and David Amedee, center, get help from Tevis McKinley, right, using a front-end loader to load sandbags at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center on Aug. 30.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Ascension Parish School Board members, school personnel and volunteers place plastic sheeting and sandbags at the base of St. Amant High School to protect it from rising water.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Workers place tarps on a damaged section of the roof at Faith Academy on Aug. 30.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Sgt. Corey Addison, left, and Sgt. Michael Carter, right, both with the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineers out of Baker, help fill Hesco barriers on top of a temporary dam around the Frog Bayou floodgate in northwestern Ascension Parish Thursday. The Guardsmen were helping parish workers keep nearby Bayou Manchac from overtopping the dam, which was erected previously for repairs to the floodgate. Parish officials fear the bayou could flood swamp basins bheind the floodgate that are key for rainfall storage and homes around them.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Floodwaters begin to encroach on a home in the St. Amant area off La. 936 on Friday. Ascension Parish officials issued a voluntary evacuation order as a precaution as waters were expected to rise.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez issues a voluntary evacuation order for parts of the parish and warns about problems at a key pump station that drains much of th east bank. Louisiana State Senator Jody Amedee, right, and Gonzales Mayor Barney Arceneaux, right, listen during the press conference Friday at the Ascension Parish Courthouse Annex in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Greg LeTulle hauls sandbags as floodwaters begin to encroach on his home off La. 22 in Ascension Parish on Friday. Ascension Parish officials issued a voluntary evacuation order for residents south of La. 934 and east of La. 431 as waters were expected to rise.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Heather Acosta, Avery Cornett, Joel Nickel, Susie LeTulle, Greg LeTulle Jr., Angel LeTulle, and Cory LeTulle, from left, fill sandbags as floodwaters begin to encroach on Greg LeTulle's home off La. 22 in Ascension Parish Friday. Parish officials issued a voluntary evacuation order for residents south of La. 934 and east of La. 431 threatened by rising waters.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Greg LeTulle Jr., Dale LeTulle, and Greg LeTulle, from left, work to fill sandbags outside Greg LeTulle's home off La. 22 in Ascension Parish on Friday. Ascension Parish officials issued a voluntary evacuation order for residents south of La. 934 and east of La. Highway 431 as floodwaters were expected to rise.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Dale LeTulle, Greg LeTulle Jr., and Joel Nickel, from left, work feverishly to fill sandbags outside Greg LeTulle's home off La. 22 in Ascension Parish on Friday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Ascension Parish Councilmen Bryan Melancon and Travis Turner, from left, observe the Marvin J. Braud Pumping Station working at full power to pump water out of New River Bayou to the Maurepas area on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. Parish officials' fears that the pumps might be overtopped by backwater flooding from Hurricane Issac, threatening the St. Amant-Sorrento area, were relieved today as floodwaters from Maurepas began to recede.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- The Marvin J. Braud Pumping Station In Ascension Parish operates at full power Saturday. Parish officials' fears that the pumps might be overtopped, threatening the St. Amant-Sorrento area, were relieved Saturday as floodwaters began to recede.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Ascension Parish Councilman Bryan Melancon gets a close look Saturday at the Marvin J. Braud Pumping Station's five diesel-powered pumps working at full power to pull water out of New River Bayou and push it toward the Maurepas area.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jeffery Robert, Terry Robert, and Pastor Mark Stermer, from left, work with other volunteers from The Church in St. Amant to build a sandbag barrier to protect a home from flooding near Sorrento on Saturday. While Ascension Parish officials' fears of flooding in the St. Amant-Sorrento area were relieved as backwaters from Maurepas began to recede, a handful of residents in the southern part of the parish continued to try to protect their property from high water.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Cartrell Decuir, left, works with other volunteers Saturday from The Church in St. Amant to save a home near Sorrento from flooding, using pumps and sandbags.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Dennis Hargrave, left, and his son-in-law Austin Boudreaux clean out drywall and insulation Monday at their St. Amant home. The insulation, drywall and carpet had to be removed after four to six inches of water entered Hargrave's home. They were able to save the furniture by raising it or removing it before water came in. Six homes on Buxton road flooded. Parish officials report that between 10 and 20 houses flooded in the parish.