FERRIDAY, La. – It was already a sleepless night for Dorothy Davis, and it was about to get worse. She woke up at 11:30 p.m. Thursday to find flood waters seeping into her living room. Figuring there was no point in mopping while it was still raining, she went back to bed.

&uot;I woke again at 2 a.m. Friday, got out of bed and stepped in water there in my bedroom,&uot; Davis said Saturday morning, still shaking her head in disbelief.

Davis was one of several Louisiana 15 residents who found water in their houses Friday morning after several hours’ worth of heavy rains.

Most were removing water-logged furniture, rugs and other items from their houses Saturday morning.

&uot;We’ve been mopping up water in the kitchen and bedrooms today,&uot; said neighbor Linda Washington, who also discovered the flooding when she got out of bed early Saturday and &uot;plopped down into water.&uot;

Fortunately, most of the Washingtons’ belongings were not damaged by water. But in Davis’ living room, soaked rugs sat in small puddles. But the couch was up on cinder blocks.

&uot;We had some friends who came over and helped us get some stuff out of there,&uot;&160;Davis said, gesturing toward the living room.

Flood waters started receding Friday afternoon, but Davis was waiting until she saw sunny skies to undertake major cleanup. &uot;If it’s going to rain again, we could get flooded again, so I’m just going to wait,&uot;&160;she said.

Davis said she was disappointed that sandbags did not arrive until Saturday morning. &uot;By then, it was too late,&uot;&160;she said.

But she and Washington said that recent efforts to clear ditches of debris – and local fire departments’ efforts to pump water out of their houses and yards – helped make sure the flooding didn’t get any worse.

Still, both said they could not remember the last time such severe flooding affected their area.