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Should people living on Brightside prepare for the worst?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:52 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:52 am
Such as moving valuable stuff to the 2nd floor and what not in case of the worst case scenario...or am I just overreacting a little.
How much trust can we put into a levee system that hasn't been testing like this. Supposedly the Levees during Katrina were supposed to hold...
How much trust can we put into a levee system that hasn't been testing like this. Supposedly the Levees during Katrina were supposed to hold...
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:53 am to TigerTatorTots
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:57 am to TigerTatorTots
I usually walk the levee there after work and it's pretty solid (concrete sections on the river side). Still there are some areas where the levee board and Corps are concerened about seepage, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to move your valuables upstairs.
It's much better to be safe by overreacting a little than lose all your stuff due to a random accident (like a barge getting loose and breaking the levee open).
If I lived there, I would already have all of my electronics upstairs.
It's much better to be safe by overreacting a little than lose all your stuff due to a random accident (like a barge getting loose and breaking the levee open).
If I lived there, I would already have all of my electronics upstairs.
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 11:58 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:57 am to TigerTatorTots
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Supposedly the Levees during Katrina were supposed to hold...
Didn't a barge hit the levees?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:59 am to TigerTatorTots
While I think you have nothing to worry about, looking at LIDAR data most of Brightside sits around 22'. I don't think your second story would help you much.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:02 pm to TigerTatorTots
Yall will all be fine 
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:03 pm to c on z
quote:Yea the one in the 9th Ward, who is stopping a barge from hitting the river road levee?
Didn't a barge hit the levees?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:08 pm to TigerTatorTots
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Should people living on Brightside prepare for the worst?
They live on Brightside. How much worse could it honestly get?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:09 pm to TigerTatorTots
That barge hit a cement levee if I'm not mistaken
and you can take the 130mph wind factor out also
and you can take the 130mph wind factor out also
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:11 pm to TigerTatorTots
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Yea the one in the 9th Ward, who is stopping a barge from hitting the river road levee?
The only places you really have to worry about that are the areas with docks (like the one across from Lake Beau Pre) or the Pinnacle construction site a few miles down. Most of the rest of the riverbank has enough trees and such which could possibly keep a barge from hitting the levee (depending on current, the barge's weight, etc).
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:12 pm to GFunk
bside>anywhere else
FACT imo
FACT imo
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:12 pm to GFunk
quote:
They live on Brightside. How much worse could it honestly get?
College kids bruh
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:16 pm to Bard
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Most of the rest of the riverbank has enough trees and such which could possibly keep a barge from hitting the levee
Yeah, of course those trees would stop a barge
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:16 pm to BottomlandBrew
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most of Brightside sits around 22'. I don't think your second story would help you much
Not saying you're wrong, but could you elaborate on this? Are you implying that the expected river crest of 47.5' is 25.5' higher than Brightside?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:18 pm to GFunk
quote:I haven't experienced anything wrong with Brightside in the past 4 years
They live on Brightside. How much worse could it honestly get?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:20 pm to aVatiger
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:21 pm to aVatiger
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Yeah, of course those trees would stop a barge
In your haste to be a smartass, you must have missed this part:
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which could possibly
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:24 pm to Bard
This is a spot I'm worried about, being that there are barges there and little to no trees; right by Skip Bertman Drive
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:25 pm to TigerTatorTots
That's by the flags, right? Yeah, that place has me worried as well.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:26 pm to TigerTatorTots
I haven't been up there since Sunday, how high up the levee is that?
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