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re: Can someone explain to me how Pierre Part is going to flood?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 7:51 am to ea_spartan
Posted on 5/11/11 at 7:51 am to ea_spartan
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it's Lake Verret and the canals off of Verret b/c there is no bank, of course some places are built lower to water level and they will see water
Unfortunately this is the category we fall under..Now I am hearing reports that they will cut off power and sewage?!
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Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:07 am to ea_spartan
quote:we shot elevation grades the other day. As I stated we are at the required building height for a 100 yr flood (5'). We are on belle river. Anything over 2.5' rise from the water level this past weened will put water in our place. There sure are a lot of experts on this topic... I wonder if they have the resources that we've used readily available to them. Im not saying everything down there will flood. Just stating that WE are built according to code and WE are most likely going to flood. I would imagine the majority of people down there are built to code.
2-4 foot will not effect a lot of peope in PP, the bay road will get effected along with parts of Shell Beach. Stephensville will see water simply b/c they have no levee systems. Belle River can handle the backwater suggesting, it's Lake Verret and the canals off of Verret b/c there is no bank, of course some places are built lower to water level and they will see water
Fwiw, Stephensville is lower than us.
And a lot of this area is subject to flood every year when the Atchafalaya rises
Good luck to everyone. I'm hoping for the best... Preparing for the worst.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:11 am to LSURoss
quote:yes. I stated that earlier.
Unfortunately this is the category we fall under..Now I am hearing reports that they will cut off power and sewage?!
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:15 am to glassman
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Pierre Part flooding is a non-event unless you happen to live there. NOLA or BR flooding is an international event.
If Baton Rouge or NOLA would flood, of course it would be a bigger news story. But for you to say Pierre Part flooding is a "non-event" is asinine.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:16 am to The Sportsman
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yes. I stated that earlier.
Sorry, there is an overload of information being thrown out on this board right now
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:21 am to LSURoss
quote:yeh I know. As i said. We are expecting 2-4' (probably bt 3-4') rise on top of the river stage (1.88 at belle river bridge). You can use that and a tape measure and figure out what level your place will be flood....
Posted by LSURoss
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yes. I stated that earlier.
Sorry, there is an overload of information being thrown out on this board right now
they will cut off power for safety reasons and lack of access incase of emergency.
We originally thought we would ok.... Not the case now. It is what it is. You can only try to save as much as you can and hope for the best. Good luck
Oh and you know some dumb coonasses will be kneeboarding or something during the height of the flood
Eta: Oh and there is a meeting in stephensville today to disclose all the plans and how the events are going to pan out. Not sure what time... My neighbor is attending to let everyone know what's up. Of course, everything up to now is speculation and is only projected if everything works perfectly... Which we all know isn't always the case
This post was edited on 5/11/11 at 8:25 am
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:25 am to The Sportsman
We're off of HWY 997 at the end of the split, think they call it Old River?? Should we be seriously worried? I told the in-laws only to expect 2-3 feet, but seeing Sportsmans posts has me worried
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:26 am to The Sportsman
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You can use that and a tape measure and figure out what level your place will be flood....
They did that last saturday and the mark, currently, is about knee high
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:28 am to MrPappagiorgio
quote:idk. You would have to shoot elevation grades. You may be at 6' above sea level and your neighbor at 4.5'. You could be safe. He could be fricked. That's kinda how it's going to be (I think)
Posted by MrPappagiorgio
We're off of HWY 997 at the end of the split, think they call it Old River?? Should we be seriously worried? I told the in-laws only to expect 2-3 feet, but seeing Sportsmans posts has me worried
Eta: we MAY only get 2-3' and I'm praying it's more around the 2' stage. I'm ready to go trout fishing this summer.. (since we missed last year bc of oil spill) Not rebuild a damn house
This post was edited on 5/11/11 at 8:45 am
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:36 am to LSURoss
quote:I would imagine y'all would flood... Unless ur like 8' tall.. Then you might have a chance
They did that last saturday and the mark, currently, is about knee high
There is a ton of low lying swamp in this area.... 2-4' rise is A LOT of water...
Although this is a bad event... Fishing in lake verrett and belle river will benefit from this tremendously... There is a bright side after we do whatever work we have to do afterward
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:03 am to The Sportsman
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Posted by tgrbaitn08
y'all gonna be ok? Do u live down there or just have a camp?
I have a floating camp down the river, we should be ok down there.....I dont live here but lets just say that I am very familiar with the area between Pierre Part and Point au'Fer
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:07 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:we'll probably have a floating camp too.. Hopefully not down river
I have a floating camp down the river, we should be ok down there.....I dont live here but lets just say that I am very familiar with the area between Pierre Part and Point au'Fer
That's good to know.. Guess we'll be fishing out of dularge for a while. I'm ready to hit the coast.. We are gonna run into y'all one of these days
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:16 am to The Sportsman
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That's good to know.. Guess we'll be fishing out of dularge for a while. I'm ready to hit the coast.. We are gonna run into y'all one of these days
Do you live in Stephensville?
We're heading down the river this weekend to try catch a few around the MG rigs...
Good luck to yall with all of this.....hopefully it wont be too bad
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:33 am to The Sportsman
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There is a ton of low lying swamp in this area.... 2-4' rise is A LOT of water...
indeed...and Bayou Tranquille is surrounded on either side.
We are just gonna throw the white boots on do all we can do.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:40 am to LSURoss
Speaking of Pierre Part... anybody know what theyre doing with the Mississippi Queen? Ive heard restoration, and Ive also heard scrap metal.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:41 am to MrPappagiorgio
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scrap metal
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:43 am to MrPappagiorgio
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anybody know what theyre doing with the Mississippi Queen? Ive heard restoration, and Ive also heard scrap metal.
Last Friday night it was 3+ levels....Saturday night it was down to 1 1/2 levels, I think scrap sounds about right...
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:57 am to The Sportsman
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When the Archafalaya River rises fast, the belle river/lake verrett system floods (or gets high) in this case, the river will actually be backing up through bayou chene (they are sinking a barge to try to prevent this) into lake palourde (through Amelia) and into verrett and belle river.
Sorry, I still don't get it. Lake Palourde and Lake Verrett and Belle River are all on the East side of the Atchafalaya levee. How do those areas rise? Where does the Atchafalaya Levee end?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:11 am to thatdude
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Sorry, I still don't get it. Lake Palourde and Lake Verrett and Belle River are all on the East side of the Atchafalaya levee. How do those areas rise?
Through Bayou Chene, then Bayou Beouf, into Lake Poulorde, then Stephensville, Lake Verett, Pierre Part..Belle River
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:48 am to Golfer
We have a camp down shell beach road at lake verret and have already moved 90% of our stuff out. Since we have a boat we were asked to help out with any rescue missions that may occur. Our camp is about 4 ft off the ground so we are borderline.
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