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That Corps Comite Diversion Project sure is kicking some A$$ aint it..
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:05 pm
authorized more than 20 plus years ago, commenced but half-assed complete. Had they finished constructing the thing years back it would have more than paid for itself X times over. It was supposed to divert 33% of the water to the Ole Miss.
you gotta love the Corps.
Rant over.
you gotta love the Corps.
Rant over.
This post was edited on 8/14/16 at 3:06 pm
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Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:09 pm to lsufan112001
Your government at work
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:12 pm to lsufan112001
Or Louisiana could institute the kind of zoning regulations most other states have. A lot of this can be laid at the feet of developers putting subdivisions where they had no business being, and local and state politicians looking the other way.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:25 pm to lsufan112001
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uthorized more than 20 plus years ago, commenced but half-assed complete.
Interesting. One of first things coming to mind once I realized the scope of this tragedy is how something like this could happen when we put men on the moon almost 50 years ago.
You just always get the 100 year or 500 year flood excuse. I hope getting the 500 year flood about every 2-3 years is going to dawn on administrators to start coming up with more stringent development standards and more money to put into these flood control projects.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:26 pm to Jim Rockford
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A lot of this can be laid at the feet of developers putting subdivisions where they had no business being, and local and state politicians looking the other way.
If we could only have subdivisions in areas not flooded we would have property values on the level of NYC.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:29 pm to fightin tigers
What?
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:34 pm to PygmalionEffect
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You just always get the 100 year or 500 year flood excuse. I hope getting the 500 year flood about every 2-3 years is going to dawn on administrators to start coming up with more stringent development standards and more money to put into these flood control projects.
You will get more flood control projects, because politicians love to get their pictures taken at ribbon cutting ceremonies. This will just push the problem downstream to some other poor bastards. What you won't get is more stringent development standards, because Billy Bob Real Estate, LLC, will make sure of that with his political contributions to the good ole boys at the state capitol.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:38 pm to fightin tigers
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If we could only have subdivisions in areas not flooded we would have property values on the level of NYC.
Correct. Simple supply and demand. If you limit the amount of land available to build on, but the demand hasn't changed, then the price of land (and homes) goes up because there's less supply.
The suggestion that we should zone out certain areas from construction is understandable, but don't think you can have your cake and eat it too. You can't zone off land from construction and expect that prices of new homes will remain the same.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:51 pm to maine82
Pick your poison, then. High home prices, or periodic tragedies like this, with people often not being aware of the true risk. A 100 year flood doesn't mean it only happens every 100 years, and a 500 year flood doesn't happen every 500 years.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:52 pm to maine82
Not necessarily. You forget that you can build up. Not everyone has to have 40 acres and a mule.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:53 pm to maine82
Not sure you got what he was saying.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:54 pm to lsufan112001
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That Corps Comite Diversion Project sure is kicking some A$$ aint it..
There's little doubt that it would have mitigated a lot of the flooding issues we've seen today and yesterday.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:56 pm to Jim Rockford
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Or Louisiana could institute the kind of zoning regulations most other states have.
That's not all of the problem and you know it Zoning and land use is always going to be an issue. The other side of the issue is the state and region not investing in itself. Louisiana's unique typography makes projects like the Comite Diversion necessary as the capital region grows. It was necessary 25 years ago.
This post was edited on 8/14/16 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:59 pm to member12
It's not all the problem. It is a big part of it, however.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 3:59 pm to lsufan112001
I said the same thing yesterday. That Comite diversion project being completed sure would've been helpful the last few days. Someone (or several) should be held responsible for this shite.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 4:02 pm to lsufan112001
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That Corps Comite Diversion Project sure is kicking some A$$ aint it..
Should have been build 30 years ago.
The state has always wasted money on some other bullshite. There should be a very big push for this project now.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 4:10 pm to lsufan112001
Would have saved thousands from flooding the past few days. It was planned 30 years ago as a response to the 1983 record rainfalls and NEVER got the funding needed to be completed.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 4:11 pm to lsufan112001
Should've built that reservoir on the Amite years ago. It would've been a sweet recreational lake.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 4:37 pm to BoostAddict
Darlington Resevoir in Amite River Basin would have helped as well. Would have been in St. Helena Parish and it was designed in mid '80s after '83 flood.
Posted on 8/14/16 at 4:41 pm to lsufan112001
I watched a presentation on this project about a year ago. The federal government cut the funding for it in the early 2000s, but reinstated funding for it about 5 years ago and it was moving along. It would have been completed by now if funding was never cut.
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