Who thinks this is gonna work? Butte LaRose

Hmmm. I guess it could. But all that fresh, uncompacted dirt will just erode if it is in water for very long.

I guess if I had that camp and a doze, well, hell, I would do that same thing.

The flow of the water will erode most all of that away within a short period of time let alone the seepage. That is the incorrect type of protection.

The water will be high for over a month, and the River hasn't even crested yet. HESCO baskets and SuperSacks of sand should have been used here. However, I have no idea where this is and therefore can't tell you how high the barrier needs to be anyhow. Logically speaking, if that is the Basin river in the background, and Morganza hasn't been opened up yet, you may see water 2 times the height of that berm that was built there. I am assuming they know the expected Inundation here thus that height.

From an Engineering perspective, I don't think it will last the duration of the flood fight as we go into June.

Dude would have been better off using his money as a downpayment on his next place rather than wasting it on that dozer work.

I hope it does for their sake. That is a nice place and it is shame that it will probably be destroyed.

Correct, I read about it in an article. He was moving 1000 yards a day to build his levee.

If that is Butte la Rose, then it is on a side channel of the Atchafalaya. Still bad, still probably a pointless exercise, but I don't think it will get the full current of the big river.

you gonna get a snake in your pool.

He needs to cover/protect that dirt to keep it from washing.

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I'd imagine he wil cover it with some type of plastic sheeting with sand bags on top in order to hold it in place. Erosion wouldn't be as much of an issue if he does this.

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Yep, I was thinking the same thing. Lay a bunch of visqueen over it and erosion won't be an issue.

Yeah, the corps made him tear it down. He owns the heavy machinery, but was pillaging the dirt... Oh well, good try