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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/8/11 at 11:27 pm to RhodeIslandRed
Posted on 5/8/11 at 11:27 pm to RhodeIslandRed
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So if the USACE could screw up a projection that badly
It is called a PROJECTION for a reason.
You sound like one of those people that gets pissed off when a Hurricane hits at 80mph instead of 110mph.
This post was edited on 5/8/11 at 11:38 pm
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Posted on 5/8/11 at 11:40 pm to bigolecatfish
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ou're a freaking nimrod then butch. Its not like it floods on a weekly basis. Those farmers are out their busting their arse trying to feed and clothe the world and make a living to support their families. Their world is about to be turned upside down, but its good to know that you dont have sympathy for them.
the area had a 38-year run and they know the eventual risk involved every season .. you make it sound like 124,000 farmers will be affected or something ...
Posted on 5/8/11 at 11:42 pm to ScottieP
Also, federal statute dicates that Cairo takes precedence over the areas affected by BPNM.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:06 am to ScottieP
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You do realize that the USACE does not do river forecasts.
Yes, actually I do. I guess you got me on that one.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:07 am to tigercross
Pictures of the temporary levee being built in Vadalia:
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:23 am to Fishwater
interesting.. is that similar to the geotexttiles we are currently using in coastal restoration?
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:23 am to mmill32
How sturdy is that creation?
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:30 am to geauxlsu09
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How sturdy is that creation?
Hell if I know. Just found the pics on the Monroe News Star's page.
As far as what they are made of, I have no idea, but they ordered 18,000 of them.
Seems like a last ditch effort to save the medical clinic and riverfront to me...
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:31 am to Fishwater
Hmm.. Looks similar to cardboard boxes with sand in them 
I'm sure it's not but looks can be deceiving
I'm sure it's not but looks can be deceiving 
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:49 am to Fishwater
A friend of mine works at the medical clinic
Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:52 am to bencoleman
Yeah. I have a few folks in my class going there for clinicals starting in about two weeks so that may not work out too well.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 1:10 am to bigolecatfish
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You're a freaking nimrod then butch. Its not like it floods on a weekly basis. Those farmers are out their busting their arse trying to feed and clothe the world and make a living to support their families. Their world is about to be turned upside down, but its good to know that you dont have sympathy for them.
And if we didn't open the Morganza, the United State's second largest refinery would be underwater.
Yea, and that's just the beginning...
Posted on 5/9/11 at 2:57 am to bigolecatfish
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i really don't have a lot of sympathy for the farmers there or in the Morganza....they all know/knew they are in a floodway...now if it were like a 1927 demolition of the levees in St. Bernard Parish, where there was no floodway, that's a different story....
You're a freaking nimrod then butch. Its not like it floods on a weekly basis. Those farmers are out their busting their arse trying to feed and clothe the world and make a living to support their families. Their world is about to be turned upside down, but its good to know that you dont have sympathy for them
shite happens...when you farm in a floodway/spillway, you're rolling the dice...as i said earlier to another poster, read john barry's book about the 1927 flood...
and for the posters bitching about the missouri farmers in that floodway...you think gas prices are high now...that floodway is having a role in saving one of the largest oil refineries in this country...
what would happen to gas and diesel prices if exxon in baton rouge got flooded out and then the nola area refineries???? you think $4.00 is bad...just wait...
Posted on 5/9/11 at 3:09 am to geauxlsu09
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Hmm.. Looks similar to cardboard boxes with sand in them I'm sure it's not but looks can be deceiving
they are used in iraq and afganistan for fortifications....work very well
Posted on 5/9/11 at 5:00 am to Fishwater
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As far as what they are made of, I have no idea, but they ordered 18,000 of them.
Those are HESCO bastions. The military uses them in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:38 am to JudgeHolden
One little kink in the armor, It's called Monte Sano Bayou. It runs just north of the Exxon Chemical Plant. Check out the elevations on Google Earth. It could become Baton Rouge's MRGO.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 7:16 am to geauxlsu09
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How sturdy is that creation?
I'm sure it varies widely depending on the configuration (height, width, etc.) of the barrier and the level to which the individual modules are filled.
One of our resident OT engineers could easily calculate the amount of force needed to displace a wall of these.
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Those are HESCO bastions. The military uses them in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is correct but HESCO walls are used in a combat zone primarily as blast barriers...they also serve as effective obstacles for personnel when topped with concertina wire.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 7:30 am to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
We're at 40.55 feet as of 6am
Posted on 5/9/11 at 7:33 am to Fishwater
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Hell if I know. Just found the pics on the Monroe News Star's page.
Got up close to the structure yesterday(on a boat in the river) and it looks pretty frickin solid from our casual observations.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 7:39 am to ptra
"The '73 flood caused the Old River Structure to fail. This caused the Corp to build back up structures in the 80's."
The ORCS did NOT fail in '73.
The ORCS did NOT fail in '73.
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