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re: Baton Rouge asks residents to prepare for Tropical Storm winds and flooding
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:21 am to SPEEDY
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:21 am to SPEEDY
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flooded spectacularly? That’s an odd way to describe what happened in 2016
I would have described it as "largely preventable" flooding.
Since the 3 parishes most impacted have been paying taxes for 20 years on a diversion canal that has never been built. Said canal would have lowered water levels by up to 16" in some areas, which would have saved thousands of families a lot of heartache.
The Amite and Comite rivers have also been silted up and ignored for decades, and were (and still are) in need of dredging and clearing.
This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 8:22 am
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Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:56 am to goofball
The disaster could have been mitigated somewhat , but it would have been a tremendous event nevertheless.
The diversion canal certainly would have helped as would a reservoir. And not maintaing the Amite River channel was and still is s dereliction of duty.
On the other hand fortune smiled on some. It would have been worse if they hadn't drained Spanish Lake and "accidentally" created a downstream reservoir.
Two years post flood and we have movement on the diversion canal, but little else.
The diversion canal certainly would have helped as would a reservoir. And not maintaing the Amite River channel was and still is s dereliction of duty.
On the other hand fortune smiled on some. It would have been worse if they hadn't drained Spanish Lake and "accidentally" created a downstream reservoir.
Two years post flood and we have movement on the diversion canal, but little else.
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