Lake Mary - flood question

yeah, its not protected, so whatever the river does, so does Mary. Got friends with a camp there. Although most of them are raised like Grand Isle, they may go 4-5 months without being able to get to it.

yikes!

I know Lake Mary goes by Natchez. We go by Vicksburg. And 35 is considered a high river for us. Or used to be. That was the level where most of our river land was under water. Growing up I can remember being run out by 35 foot rivers only once in the fall. And maybe every other year in the spring.

The last three years the river has been to 35 through the end of July. And will be at 40 on Jan 15th for the third year in a row. This is definitely a man made frick up. And it's getting worse.

Can you explain what man has done to cause high rivers?

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I know Lake Mary goes by Natchez. We go by Vicksburg. And 35 is considered a high river for us. Or used to be. That was the level where most of our river land was under water. Growing up I can remember being run out by 35 foot rivers only once in the fall. And maybe every other year in the spring.

The last three years the river has been to 35 through the end of July. And will be at 40 on Jan 15th for the third year in a row. This is definitely a man made frick up. And it's getting worse.

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It is getting worse fast.

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they may go 2-3 YEARS without being able to get to it.

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A bit dramatic, but needless to say, the road can be under the water for 4 or 5 months at a time. Just don't get caught hunting on flooded lake mary planting

Bottom of mine’s 20 ft off ground and 40’ off low water mark. High water mark (2011) was within 8 inches of bottom of my camp

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Sure. We kept the River from taking the Achafalaya route to the ocean. To do that we built the ORCS. That choked the River down. Which slowed the flow. Which dropped 450 million cubic meters of sediment in the channel between Angola and Vicksburg. Which narrowed the channel by 800 meters, and raised the bottom of the River by 7 feet. And growing.

This professor at LSU explains it perfectly. His English is not great. But his data and analysis is absolutely on point.

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Exactly. You can't equate Miss. river level with rainfall over the course of decades.

Unless something is done the morganza spillway is going to eventually need to be opened more and more frequently. Eventually the river will change course like it or not.

I would expect some serious dredging to take place before that happens. But politics??? You never know.

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grew up on a farm on the river a

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Are you a Guideon?

Well then if you're a Bolte then I need to borrow some money :)