Businesses in Downtown Lafayette are preparing for more flooding this week Businesses in Downtown Lafayette are preparing for more flooding this week and last updated 2021-05-18 18:12:01-04 DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE â Businesses in Downtown Lafayette are worried about getting back to back flooding this week with the amount of rainfall expected. Business owners we spoke to are comparing the flooding they saw on Monday night to that of the historic floods in 2016, claiming that the water levels were higher, and they are preparing for more to come. "The main thing that I am concerned about, and the thing that I don't think most people think about is, when you're driving through it to just go slow," says Robin McMillan, an employee at the Creative Spaces Art Gallery downtown. "Even a small wake can be pushed into someone's house or business and cause damage."