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Nela? Should we be worried?

Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:03 pm
Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:03 pm
I know most of the posters here think that Louisiana consists of Lafayette and anything south, but should I be worried about the ouachita flooding?
Posted by Bojangles
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
2092 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:09 pm to
"most" is a little strong, just a few of these pricks actually think this and its ok BC it gives me something to laugh at

I'm from this area and if levees hold it'll be backwater in areas that typically have water most years, if they bust who knows?
Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
8994 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:12 pm to
I heard that in the 20's or 30's when it flooded, it was all the way to my house in Swartz. I have a hard time believing this will happen but wanted more opinions. Thanks for your response.
Posted by BigD45
318/936/830
Member since Feb 2007
1781 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:15 pm to
Send an e-mail to dale661 AT gmail DOT com, and I will send you a map of the proposed flooding in that area. I don't want to hot link it here because the bandwidth will be eaten up. If anyone else wants to host it and has the bandwidth, I can send it to you.

Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
8994 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:18 pm to
Ok. Appreciate that
Posted by Fishwater
Carcosa
Member since Aug 2010
6026 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:35 pm to
Here is what to expect:


Best Map:
LINK

Second Map:
LINK
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 7:37 pm
Posted by BigD45
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 7:38 pm to
Yep, that's what I have! Thanks, Fishwater!
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37924 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:42 pm to
Word has it that the MS River came all the way to the North end of Wham, just past Hart's Corner on 134 at the train tracks. As long as your house is on the Swartz side and not the Collinston side of the parish line, you will be fine even if TSHTF.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
117793 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:48 pm to
If your property or business is anywhere near a levee you should be concerned. We just don't know at this point.
Posted by TigerFanatic1
Monroe, LA
Member since Aug 2007
2125 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:02 pm to
quote:

I heard that in the 20's or 30's when it flooded, it was all the way to my house in Swartz. I have a hard time believing this will happen but wanted more opinions. Thanks for your response

I live close to the same area and have been looking into the situation myself. There are numerous stories is all I gathered. I have been told by most, that the Mississippi made it to just east of Delhi and that all of Ouachita's flooding was due to the surrounding rivers. I am sure that the surrounding rivers flooded because of the Mississippi though. Good luck.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:16 pm to
quote:

the MS River came all the way to the North end of Wham, just past Hart's Corner on 134 at the train tracks.
Called "Red Hill".. Put the mail in a boat and delivered to Vicksburg..
Posted by Survivor 2010
Member since Dec 2007
2713 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:09 pm to
From my understanding, Swartz and portions of Monroe could be affected. I live in West Monroe and the area I live supposedly will not be hit by flood waters.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
57827 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:12 pm to
My grandfather used to tell me how you could literally take a boat straight from where we lived (north Caldwell parish) all the way to Vicksburg. In Columbia there's a bar called The Watermark Saloon that has a black line painted around 3-4 feet high where the water reached (there are a few pictures still around that corroborate this).
Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
8994 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:16 pm to
Damn, that's pretty close to my house. I live off of 139 about 3 miles from harts corner. My grandmother said it was on stubbs Vinson, which is where I live. Of course the levee systems weren't as good then as they should be now.
Posted by Chuck U Farley
The 318
Member since Oct 2007
8994 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 10:18 pm to
I have heard this aswell. Might make for a great duck hunting season.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 5/10/11 at 11:08 pm to
Corps map showing flooding estimated in NELA:

LINK
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 5/11/11 at 6:54 am to
aight, seems like a few of us ought to get together and have some kind of flood watch party..
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37924 posts
Posted on 5/11/11 at 7:13 am to
quote:

Called "Red Hill"..


Thanks GeauxT. I couldn't think of the name of that hill for the life of me last night.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:23 am to
quote:

name of that hill
It's kinda hard to believe, but, it's not a hill at all.. A glacier moved through there and cleared out all that low land from Wham to the east and sorta made a trough out of that area.. The "Red Hill" is just basically the OLD edge of horizontal, if you know what I mean? Oh, and BTW, I was not around when reported glacier went through there...
Posted by jeff967
Monroe, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2010
925 posts
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:57 am to
my great grandmother came to Swartz well before the flood of '27. granddaddy has talked to me allot about the old days. I miss those talks and having a few cold beers with him. in '27 he said that you could go down hwy 80 to Crew Lake and git in a boat and ride form there to Vicksburg, but Swartz was fine.
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