starts to decline in height. Some army corp guy this is when we need to worry the most that's when the levee will give way when the river recedes.

how true is this how much do we need to worry about the river when it starts to go down?

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Posted by DollaChoppa

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Posted on 5/22/11 at 10:02 am to catholictigerfan

Intuitively, I wouldn't think it would recede fast enough for that to be an issue. But IDK!

And most of this board doesn't either.

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Posted by shaunmccarron29

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Posted on 5/22/11 at 3:41 pm to catholictigerfan

build a sand castle with a big wall around it, during low tide, then watch it disappear.. Every wave (surge) that comes in gradually pulls the bottom layers of the castles wall out. This is the same principal as how a plane flies.

Unfortunately there are not to many people on this site who are free thinkers.

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Posted by horndog

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Posted on 5/23/11 at 12:49 pm to catholictigerfan

Thats a lot of pressure on those levees. Spots on those levees will have to be repaired after the water recedes. I live in a town where the river flooded twice in a 12 month period 2 years ago . It took its toll on the weak spots and they had to be repaired.

This post was edited on 5/23/11 at 12:50 pm

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Posted by Tweener

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Posted on 5/23/11 at 9:07 pm to catholictigerfan

It has happened before.

Darrow, La 1983

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