Robert Burns’ voice breaks when recounting how the Comite River left its banks, flowed over stacked-up sandbags and rushed into his house. It wasn’t just the Comite that overflowed that August day in 2016, when the storm dumped as much 30 inches of rain in parts of the capital region. The massive outpouring jammed south-flowing waterways east of Baton Rouge like rush-hour traffic. With nowhere to go but up and over, the deluge overtopped creeks and bayous, creating one huge lake — expansive enough, Burns said, to boat easily from his home in Central to Denham Springs. When the rain ceased, it filled his house with a couple feet of standing water. Burns recalls opening every window and door and gutting the waterlogged house. Decades’ worth of possessions — including uniforms from his Air Force days, a 30-year-old grandfather clock and a record collection — wound up in six 10-foot-tall junk piles outside. Similar heaps appeared outside every home up and down the street as residents began the arduous cleanup. The only thing Burns saved from the house was his TV. “A lot of these things were irreplaceable,” Burns said. “To say it was devastating does not do it justice.” The flood…