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Back flooding and built up neighborhoods
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:07 am
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:07 am
Watson, LA got it the worst in 2016 during the flood. As I ride around town all I see is new developments with tons of dirt being brought in to raise the entire neighborhood. Also see this at the intersection of Tiger bend and Babin in Baton Rouge where huge earth moving machines are moving massive amounts of dirt to raise the new neighborhood being developed.
How are developers being allowed to do this?
Anywhere else in the area being built up like these?
How are developers being allowed to do this?
Anywhere else in the area being built up like these?
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Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:10 am to Bedhog
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How are developers being allowed to do this?
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Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:10 am to Bedhog
Hopefully Comite Diversion will help mitigate that whole amite basin area from flooding
With that said, a storm like Hurricane Harvey dropping 50 inches will be a disaster for a lot of people
With that said, a storm like Hurricane Harvey dropping 50 inches will be a disaster for a lot of people
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:10 am to Bedhog
What is your concern exactly? The new houses won't flood.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:11 am to Bedhog
Some land is right below the flood plain, developers build land above flood plain elevation and Build on it. Why would they not be allowed to do this? As long as proper stormwater management infrastructure is put in place it shouldn't be an issue.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:12 am to Bedhog
So, if someone in your neighborhood has one of those water dams around their house and it keeps their house from flooding but pushes the water elsewhere, you think this is wrong also?
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:12 am to Bedhog
The 33” of rain in three days definitely didn’t play as big a role in the flooding as all those fricking houses being built up in subdivisions.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:13 am to Bedhog
quote:
How are developers being allowed to do this?
Anywhere else in the area being built up like these?
Question 1 answer: Politicians and $$$$. It's Louisiana, baw.
Question 2 answer: St. Tammany
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:13 am to Paul Allen
quote:to whom might this $ be going to? These new developments cannot be good for already flood prone areas. I was looking at a flood map during the event and my home was not included in any flood maps. I'm wondering if that hydrological map were redrawn now that the new raised developments are there how it would effect the areas that flood.
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Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:13 am to AtticusOSullivan
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As long as proper stormwater management infrastructure is put in place it shouldn't be an issue.
YES!!!
Why Ascension Parish can’t grasp this simple fricking concept blows my mind.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:14 am to AtticusOSullivan
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proper stormwater management
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:15 am to Bedhog
I’m leaving this thread now before I get too invested in it to save my blood pressure.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:15 am to Bedhog
quote:
These new developments cannot be good for already flood prone areas. I was looking at a flood map during the event and my home was not included in any flood maps. I'm wondering if that hydrological map were redrawn now that the new raised developments are there how it would effect the areas that flood.
If your house flooded when 33" of rain dropped, its probably going to flood again when another 33" comes. Those new houses arent going to change that.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:15 am to Fat and Happy
quote:I have no answer for this.
So, if someone in your neighborhood has one of those water dams around their house and it keeps their house from flooding but pushes the water elsewhere, you think this is wrong also?
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:16 am to NYNolaguy1
quote:who said anything about that? I specifically said my home did not. I'm worried that it may next time because of the raised developments. Don't know why this is so hard to grasp.
If your house flooded when 33" of rain dropped, its probably going to flood again when another 33" comes. Those new houses arent going to change that.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:17 am to Bedhog
i lived in keystone of galvez in 2016 during the flood (in prairieville area)
our neighborhood was bout 1.5 feet above the floodline and EVERYTHING around us flooded, i'm sure those homeowners probably hated keystone after that
our neighborhood was bout 1.5 feet above the floodline and EVERYTHING around us flooded, i'm sure those homeowners probably hated keystone after that
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:17 am to Bedhog
They are building a 420 lot neighborhood right next to Jones Creek across from our neighborhood. That area flooded big time in 2016.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:18 am to TheFonz
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Question 2 answer: St. Tammany
St Tammany definitely makes you mitigate. You see it all over the place. Everywhere there's these developments there's huge catchment areas.
Individual commercial properties have them too even if they're in the middle of nowhere. I don't know all the details about it but it seems like Saint Tammany is pretty serious about this issue.
This post was edited on 1/21/20 at 8:20 am
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:18 am to Bedhog
So much winning.
Posted on 1/21/20 at 8:18 am to AtticusOSullivan
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As long as proper stormwater management infrastructure is put in place it shouldn't be an issue.
I think I found the problem.
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