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Recently I was reminded a former neighbor, who played football at Tulane, gave me his LSU scouting reports for 1957-58. At the time my older sister was an LSU student. From 1957-1959, LSU fielded backfields composed of players who ended up in pro football. 1957 QB M.C. Reynolds, fullback Jim...

[quote] it can happen any year with a lot less level than what we have now. [/quote]But we can't overlook the fact this flooding is unique. Several records for water levels have been broken and there's a sustained high-water situation lasting for weeks, 1927 is probably the last time conditions w...

[quote]No one is saying that it's only of interest to conspiracy nuts. It's just this guy is a confirmed one. All the info he cut and pasted above is accurate, doubt anyone would dispute that[/quote]My experience using discussion forums has been that you get much more useful information from a m...

[quote]You will see that what the real danger lies in the fact that with the Flow Rate being so high for an extended period of time (weeks maybe months), Erosion of the levee system is inevitable.[/quote]The damage to the Old River Control Structure in 1973 was similar to the phenomenon discussed in...

[quote]my guess would be most people trying to save their home had no flood insurance.[/quote] [i]Times Picayune[/i], May 17, 2011 [link=(http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/as_mississippi_river_floodwate.html)]As Mississippi River floodwaters approach, many homeowners are not insu...

[quote]Once the water gets high enough it will just go through the woods and around the barge.[/quote]There's more to it than one barge. Scroll down this thread and you'll find links to the May 13 town meeting in Morgan City. Those videos explain the details of the plan....

[quote]what's his job?[/quote]His YouTube channel says commercial diving. [link=(http://www.youtube.com/user/wheeljobdiving)][b]wheeljobdiving[/b] channel on YouTube[/link]...

Yesterday I saw a forecast map for precipitation and it appeared there will be rain in many areas that feed water into the Mississippi and its tributaries. Today there are forecasts of [link=(http://bit.ly/ihbPOo)]rain in the Ohio Valley.[/link] [quote]The Ohio Valley will become the target of d...

The increased flow of the Mississippi River means it is carrying more suspended and dissolved materials, such as pesticides, nutrients and heavy metals. Since this is an unprecedented event, it's undoubtedly time for Louisiana Fisheries to repeat this analysis. [link=(http://www.lsu.edu/seagra...

[quote]What's there to loot?[/quote]In the Houston area people were stealing generators after Hurricane Ike. Some parts of Harris County were without electricity for 2-3 weeks....