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Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:45 pm to fightin tigers
1963 actually.
And that was to maintain the status quo.
This is telling an already flowing river, Nope, can't pass.
And that was to maintain the status quo.
This is telling an already flowing river, Nope, can't pass.
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:45 pm to fightin tigers
Touche 
Any attempt would have to wait till the water was down though.
Any attempt would have to wait till the water was down though.Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:46 pm to bayoudude
It would be a year to plan, and then they would have to try a speed run at construction next winter.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:47 pm to Volvagia
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This is telling an already flowing river, Nope, can't pass.
yep, too bad we don't have the technology to build dams and stuff like that
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:47 pm to Volvagia
Not to mention where is this money going to come from. It would be in the billions to get started.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:48 pm to Volvagia
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It would be many years to plan, and then they would have to defend such plan against environmentalists who would oppose it
FIFY
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:50 pm to Croacka
Except building a dam isn't what you are trying to do...
And the usual techniques of doing so don't really apply here due to geography
And most dams aren't on rivers like this. The average flow here is like 30 times higher than what is usually seen on dammed rivers
I am not saying it is IMPOSSIBLE. Just that it is not easy, and not certain.
And the usual techniques of doing so don't really apply here due to geography
And most dams aren't on rivers like this. The average flow here is like 30 times higher than what is usually seen on dammed rivers
I am not saying it is IMPOSSIBLE. Just that it is not easy, and not certain.
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:51 pm to Quidam65
Well I assumed best case, balls to the wall response.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:51 pm to Volvagia
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Just that it is not easy
not saying it would be, by any means
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and not certain.
this is america, we can do just about anything we set out to
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:52 pm to Volvagia
You could probably dredge from the ORCS to NOLA yearly for decades before you get to the cost of redirecting the river flow by first removing whatever remnants are left from the old one and attempting a new one. Hell it may take years to engineer. Look how long it is taking for the morganza to the gulf project
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:54 pm to Croacka
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this is america, we can do just about anything we set out to
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:54 pm to Volvagia
Mine is best case. Yours is purely theoretical.
We just need to plan on Drew Brees playing for the Lafayette Saints in the newly built SuperCajunDome.
We just need to plan on Drew Brees playing for the Lafayette Saints in the newly built SuperCajunDome.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:55 pm to bayoudude
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You could probably dredge from the ORCS to NOLA yearly for decades before you get to the cost of redirecting the river flow by first removing whatever remnants are left from the old one and attempting a new one. Hell it may take years to engineer. Look how long it is taking for the morganza to the gulf project
IMO, they would probably build a new structure where there is nothing (i.e. in the middle of dry land), and then dig a canal to bypass the current structures a little further upstream (utilizing this new control structure)
they would then begin diverting as much flow as possible through it in order to be able to slowly fill in the canals where the current ORCS is
then they could gradually decrease the flow in the new structure to divert more and more back to the MR
just my plan, came up with it on a whataburger napkin at lunch
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:55 pm to Quidam65
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We just need to plan on Drew Brees playing for the Lafayette Saints in the newly built SuperCajunDome.
Now your talking. But sadly I probably wouldn't be able to drive to Lafayette from Houma for several years.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 2:59 pm to bayoudude
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Now your talking. But sadly I probably wouldn't be able to drive to Lafayette from Houma for several years.
True, but who said anything about driving?
With everything between Lafayette and BR being underwater, you must think outside the box (or levees, in this case). The new SuperCajunDome will have boat slips just like Neyland Stadium.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 3:04 pm to bayoudude
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But sadly I probably wouldn't be able to drive to Lafayette from Houma for several years
yep, worst case , gas and oil lines cut, US190 is gone, I-10 over the basin is gone, and US90 and LA-182 bridges in morgan city are gone...along with the city itself.
:doomsday:
ETA: Baton Rouge to Lafayette is now through Natchez, lol
This post was edited on 5/12/11 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 5/12/11 at 3:11 pm to Quidam65
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The new SuperCajunDome will have boat slips just like Neyland Stadium.
YES!!
Posted on 5/12/11 at 3:13 pm to BlindFaith
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, I-10 over the basin is gone,
how, and why?
Posted on 5/12/11 at 3:16 pm to FLObserver
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Krotz Springs - Capital.
Hell they might have to re-open the little whore house called "The Spot"........
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