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Let us talk Flooding in Ascension and surrounding areas
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:13 pm
Theories on causes?
I know I've witnessed several areas that I had never seen flood, well flood.
Sure it rained a lot but it rained a lot during Katrina, it rained a lot that year Highland as closed, etc and I had never seen it flood like this.
Is it because of all of the people moving to the area and subdivisions being built higher (along ith various business and strip malls?)
I know I've witnessed several areas that I had never seen flood, well flood.
Sure it rained a lot but it rained a lot during Katrina, it rained a lot that year Highland as closed, etc and I had never seen it flood like this.
Is it because of all of the people moving to the area and subdivisions being built higher (along ith various business and strip malls?)
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:14 pm to tduecen
quote:
Theories on causes?
Too much rain
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:15 pm to FenrirTheBeard
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:16 pm to FenrirTheBeard
Covered that.... I don't believe the past 2 days Ascension has seen more rain than in the previous 30 years
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:16 pm to tduecen
quote:
Theories on causes?
quote:
Is it because of all of the people moving to the area and subdivisions being built higher
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:17 pm to tduecen
Flooding in Ascension. Oh, the pun.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:18 pm to tduecen
fracking
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:18 pm to tduecen
Dryspell followed by very heavy rains in a short period of time = flooding
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:19 pm to Golfer
Pretty much
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:21 pm to tduecen
Alright, you've hit your limit on threads today
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:21 pm to Golfer
quote:wasn't that dry, it had rained heavy 2 weeks before basically Tuesday - Thursday the week of the 12th through 16th
Dryspell followed by very heavy rains in a short period of time = flooding
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:26 pm to tduecen
Lot of different factors to compare, duece. You just can't compare heavy rains. Like golfer said, you have to consider soil conditions as well. But do you know the amount of rain that fell in comparison at 1 hour intervals? 2 hours? Etc? And which specific spots? It could have dumped inches more in an hour at one spot this time, less than a mile away during Katrina, that threw all your drainage comparisons off.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:28 pm to tduecen
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:28 pm to tduecen
gravity?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:31 pm to Nado Jenkins83
I grew up in Ascension Parish. Family has been here generations. The same areas that flooded 30-50 years ago still flood today. There are just more houses now then back then.
Case closed.
Case closed.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:32 pm to tduecen
quote:
Theories on causes?
Increased development. Increased impervious cover. Increased channelization of natural water bodies and piping of stormwater. A metric frickton of rain.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:33 pm to BottomlandBrew
There isn't sufficient means for water to get from point A to point B and point B to point C.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:34 pm to tduecen
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Is it because of all of the people moving to the area and subdivisions being built higher (along ith various business and strip malls?)
How do subdivisions being built higher cause flooding?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:36 pm to tduecen
Every time someone uses the term "Beta", a house floods in Ascension.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:36 pm to crimsonsaint
Ground that was level/or below the houses surrounding and use to hold water (mainly old co pastures/woods) being built up so those houses don't flood. This causes house and other areas that never flooded before to flood as previous areas that held water are no higher and they no longer hold water.
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