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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/7/11 at 5:27 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
Posted on 5/7/11 at 5:27 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
There were no hogs in there when I was a kid they were introduced by someone from Monterey
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Posted on 5/7/11 at 5:28 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Been busy, can someone please catch me on any new info since Thursday.
Bonnet Carre to open all 350 bays starting 0800 Monday. Morganza to partially open (20-50%) midweek, maybe Wed or Thur.
Search LSUDad's posts from late last night (around pg 95 or so, if you just want to scroll through). He linked to a USACE flood projection map for LA. It's pretty informative, if not terrifying.
That's the broad strokes. Plough through 99 pages to get some of the facts and all of the rumors!
Posted on 5/7/11 at 5:31 pm to White Roach
Much appreciated, was in the basin all weekend moving everything to high ground or taking it out. Hopefully everything holds and theres no breaks.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 5:36 pm to GREENHEAD22
Make sure to check out LSUDad's link
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:09 pm to Big McLargeHuge
That 3200 kcfs number at Arkansas City on 4/16 is very very bad. That basically means we're over the design capacity. The project flood calls for 2800 cfs in that spot, and the forecast calls for 400 past it. This doesn't take into consideration any rain thats forecast for next week... 
05/10 00:00 50.8ft 2810kcfs
05/10 06:00 51ft 2840kcfs
05/10 12:00 51.3ft 2880kcfs
05/10 18:00 51.5ft 2910kcfs
05/11 00:00 51.6ft 2920kcfs
05/11 06:00 51.8ft 2950kcfs
05/11 12:00 52ft 2980kcfs
05/11 18:00 52.1ft 3000kcfs
05/12 00:00 52.3ft 3030kcfs
05/12 06:00 52.5ft 3050kcfs
05/12 12:00 52.6ft 3070kcfs
05/16 12:00 53.5ft 3200kcfs
05/10 00:00 50.8ft 2810kcfs
05/10 06:00 51ft 2840kcfs
05/10 12:00 51.3ft 2880kcfs
05/10 18:00 51.5ft 2910kcfs
05/11 00:00 51.6ft 2920kcfs
05/11 06:00 51.8ft 2950kcfs
05/11 12:00 52ft 2980kcfs
05/11 18:00 52.1ft 3000kcfs
05/12 00:00 52.3ft 3030kcfs
05/12 06:00 52.5ft 3050kcfs
05/12 12:00 52.6ft 3070kcfs
05/16 12:00 53.5ft 3200kcfs
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:17 pm to NYNolaguy1
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The project flood
Refresh my memory on this please.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:22 pm to GREENHEAD22
38' in BR as of 5pm
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:24 pm to bakersman
bakersman where do you live?
i was by old river today and saw many people going in and out with trailers,getting stuff out... same by spring bayou.
also another thing i have noticed this week...birds. shite ton of birds. way more than ever.
i was by old river today and saw many people going in and out with trailers,getting stuff out... same by spring bayou.
also another thing i have noticed this week...birds. shite ton of birds. way more than ever.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:51 pm to GREENHEAD22
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The project flood
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Refresh my memory on this please.
It is the maximum flood that the USACE Mississippi River & Tributaries Project was designed to handle. The system is designed to handle 1,500,000 cps at Baton Rouge and 1,250,000 cfs at New Orleans. Excerpt and link below.
"The project flood is larger than the record flood of 1927. At Cairo, Illinois, the project flood is estimated at 2,360,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). The project flood is 11 percent greater than the 1927 flood at the mouth of the Arkansas River and 29 percent greater at the latitude of Red River Landing, amounting to 3,030,000 cfs at the latter location about 60 miles below Natchez, Mississippi."
LINK
Posted on 5/7/11 at 6:58 pm to White Roach
Thought that is it but wanted to make sure, now are these levels "the max numbers for BR and NO" taking into account the openings of BC, Morganza, and fuse plug all being activated? In other words are all three going to have to be used in order to keep levee toppings/breaches from happening?
This post was edited on 5/7/11 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:10 pm to GREENHEAD22
These were taken this afternoon on the Port Allen side of the river, looking towards the old bridge. It looked higher sitting right there in the truck than the pictures show.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:11 pm to GREENHEAD22
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"the max numbers for BR and NO"
It doesn't matter what's open and what isn't. The max flow those places can handle is what it is and the flow at those places is what it is.
Now the projected flow is a different story.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:14 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
So are the BR levees gonna get topped or what?
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:14 pm to LSUtgrgrl
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These were taken this afternoon on the Port Allen side of the river, looking towards the old bridge. It looked higher sitting right there in the truck than the pictures show.
I know where you took these......
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:17 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Yea, phrased it wrong, are the projected numbers with those 3 being activated or no? Sorry I know this question has probably been asked a ton but with these newest numbers I am starting to get a lil worried especially if these new numbers are with BC, Morganza being accounted for.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:19 pm to GREENHEAD22
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are the projected numbers with those 3 being activated or no?
No I don't think so. I think the only thing taken into account is the projected rainfall over the next 24 hours.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:21 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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So are the BR levees gonna get topped or what?
Don't know, don't think so. But must are playing on the safe side.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:50 pm to LSUDad
Dad, can I come stay in your plantation if my house gets flooded??
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:53 pm to LSUsmartass
You can room with me in the slave quarters.
Posted on 5/7/11 at 7:55 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
When the waters get 5 feet from topping the levee I will make my move
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