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re: Judge orders Iberville to stop deployment of AquaDams along Manchac Road
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:33 am to ell_13
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:33 am to ell_13
quote:Because the people building "where is doesn't drain" are building on and filling in areas that would be holding water.
Naturally, isn’t that water supposed to drain somewhere? Why are you blaming the people who built where it doesn’t drain instead of the people who built where it does? You’re being a little irrational about this.
Also, it's really hard to take anyone seriously when they keep misspelling the Parish they're talking about. It's Iberville.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 10:37 am
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Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:33 am to CarRamrod
quote:
you mean the people that built in a floodway?
Yeah, this is the same reason we're never allowed to open Morganza
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:34 am to X123F45
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Their indifference to their neighbors has lead to my having 80 acres of front pasture underwater.
Damn, what did they do? That would have me more than
Pissed off.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:34 am to X123F45
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No. I just believe in protecting the pragmatic rather than the foolish.
You are failing to be pragmatic here. You usually are a logical poster and I value your opinions.
There is nothing pragmatic about flooding thousands to protect a few dozen people that not only live in a flood zone, but live in a legit swap that holds water much of the year.
Ibberville needs to come to the table and work with their neighbors on a solution. That’s a suggestion a lot of parish leaders in the BR metro need to take to heart.
I could say the same about Broome. She’s parish president. Not just mayor of Baton Rouge. If the St George’s school district makes the parish more attractive, it should be supported or at least not opposed. Her priorities are fricked. She can’t even work with Central or St George, so her stepping up to be a regional leader isn’t happening.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:36 am to KamaCausey_LSU
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Because the people building "where is doesn't drain" are building on and filling in areas that would be holding water.
It’s true. They are building to ever higher elevations. And there is demand to support that extra cost.
But all this is doing is speeding the runoff into the Spanish Lake Basin. It would have happened either way. It would be wise to require piers for building in the low lying areas in the basis that people have decided to develop.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:37 am to KamaCausey_LSU
When did I misspell a parish?
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:40 am to ell_13
quote:Not you, OP who keeps spelling it Ibberville.
When did I misspell a parish?
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:41 am to KamaCausey_LSU
quote:
Because the people building "where is doesn't drain" are building on and filling in areas that would be holding water.
Also, it's really hard to take anyone seriously when they keep misspelling the Parish they're talking about. It's Iberville.
So let me get this straight.
Someone builds a home 3 miles from a river. Lives there for 100 years without issues.
Jackass aquadams the entire floodplain...100 yo home floods
And you're accusing the homeowner of negligience?
GTFO
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:43 am to KamaCausey_LSU
quote:
When did I misspell a parish?
Not you, OP who keeps spelling it Ibberville.
you can always tell when one side starts to lose ground in the debate because they start picking out grammar and spelling mistakes like this is some thesis paper. This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 10:43 am
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:44 am to Tigeralum2008
He is equating two separate issues. Building up in areas that usually hold water when a creek gets high is a real issue. However, building a dam to protect people who built in a bayou or major flood plain is a whole different problem. Maybe that bayou floods more often so there is some slight overlap but that is minuscule to the fact that the person decided to build in a place meant to flood.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:45 am to X123F45
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because the stupidity of effectively making a bowl, filling it with water, being surprised it is wet and demanding your neighbors towel seems like a certain demographic.
In this case there is a bowl that has been a natural floodway and swamp forever. Water isn’t being allowed to drain into it.
That’s a huge and immediate problem when there is this much rainwater coming down.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:48 am to goofball
Rando is making arguments against building a dam and it’s really weird that he doesn’t realize it.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:48 am to ell_13
quote:
When did I misspell a parish?
A handful of posters misspell Iberville and Pointe Coupee in topics like this.
I habitually misspell Plaquemine. And often forget the H at the end of Pittsburgh.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:48 am to ell_13
quote:
Rando is making arguments against building a dam and it’s really weird that he doesn’t realize it.
That's a pretty good point
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:49 am to Tigeralum2008
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So let me get this straight.
Someone builds a home 3 miles from a river. Lives there for 100 years without issues.
Jackass aquadams the entire floodplain...100 yo home floods
The 100 year old home isn't the problem. I doubt there are any 100 year old homes that will be affected by this.
It's the homes built 5 years ago in BR that are affecting the homes built 50 years ago.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:51 am to goofball
I find it admirable this elected official is doing something for the sole purpose of protecting his constituents.
Thats a 180 from pretty much every other politician in Louisiana and exactly the kind of Parish President I'd want.
Thats a 180 from pretty much every other politician in Louisiana and exactly the kind of Parish President I'd want.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:52 am to blueboxer1119
quote:but what he is doing is illegal.... do you understand that.
I find it admirable this elected official is doing something for the sole purpose of protecting his constituents.
Thats a 180 from pretty much every other politician in Louisiana and exactly the kind of Parish President I'd want.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:53 am to goofball
I can see both sides. It's a natural flood plain and the residents that built there have that risk to bear. Just like some homes in EBR are being forced to raise or demolish their property, these could be driven to do the same.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
As many have said, this requires some sort of regional partnership or leadership to drive the general interest. There will be winners/losers in this, but I think we can all accept un-restrained growth and putting the stop on developers is probably the right answer.
I would like there to be a tax levied on new development in certain areas to fund a project of some sort. Someone posted an idea the other day in the rain thread of installing massive pumps to pick it up off the swamp and throw it over to the MS river. This is not that hard.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
As many have said, this requires some sort of regional partnership or leadership to drive the general interest. There will be winners/losers in this, but I think we can all accept un-restrained growth and putting the stop on developers is probably the right answer.
I would like there to be a tax levied on new development in certain areas to fund a project of some sort. Someone posted an idea the other day in the rain thread of installing massive pumps to pick it up off the swamp and throw it over to the MS river. This is not that hard.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 11:00 am
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:54 am to ell_13
quote:
He is equating two separate issues. Building up in areas that usually hold water when a creek gets high is a real issue. However, building a dam to protect people who built in a bayou or major flood plain is a whole different problem. Maybe that bayou floods more often so there is some slight overlap but that is minuscule to the fact that the person decided to build in a place meant to flood.
This is the most Louisiana debate I’ve seen in a while.
One side sympathizes with people that built in a swamp and have blocked an entire city uphill from draining into the area. The other sympathizes with the far, far greater number of people who built uphill from the swamp but whose runoff might be slightly expediting the speed said swamp fills up with water.
One problem here is that people built in the swamp in the first place. That’s going to take years to solve. The other is that they installed a temporary barrier to flood their uphill neighbors. That needs to be addressed immediately.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 10:55 am to TulaneUVA
quote:no one is saying it isnt.
BUT: there is a capacity to the flood plain as created by God. When EBR, who is upstream, just says "frick it...let spanish lakes deal with it" and builds with little to no control over water shedding, that's a problem.
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