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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:18 pm to tiger91
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:18 pm to tiger91
REALLY?! howard and michael franklin are my grandpa and uncle. do you know them? i dont think they're the MOST LIKED fellas over there but i sure love em. dang we might have met before.
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:18 pm to RummelTiger
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But it's been used once in it's life, so it lends one to be weary.
If someone broke into your house at 2 AM and your only option was a gun that hadn't been fired since '73, would you feel really great about that?
Or, if you had to escape a man with a knife in a car that hadn't been started since '73, would you feel really great about that?
I get what it's for, and that it's the only option left, but I'm just saying that to rely on something that hasn't operated in 38 years is kinda scary.
Does that really seem that odd?
Terrible analogies, and you really don't need to get that worked up over one comment. I meant you no ill.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:19 pm to JudgeHolden
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The risk is that it will give way entirely
You mean the actual bridge that I crossed every time I went home from LSU????
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:20 pm to AlxTgr
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Terrible analogies
Not really.
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and you really don't need to get that worked up over one comment.
Typing multiple paragraphs = getting worked up?
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I meant you no ill.
Never thought you did.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:21 pm to ReauxlTide222
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REALLY?! howard and michael franklin are my grandpa and uncle. do you know them? i dont think they're the MOST LIKED fellas over there but i sure love em. dang we might have met before
Are you referring to my friends camp at Butte La Rose or my parents/brother's camp near Simmsport??? Sorry ... I don't know either gentleman that you mentioned.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:22 pm to RummelTiger
quote:I was being kind there. they sucked major arse.
Not really.
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Typing multiple paragraphs = getting worked up?
You were frothing, brah.
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Never thought you did.
Sure
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:25 pm to tiger91
they live in donaldson point i figured thats what your parents camp.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:25 pm to AlxTgr
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I was being kind there. they sucked major arse.
You suck major arse.
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You were frothing, brah.
Guilty.
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Sure
I didn't...promise. Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:26 pm to RummelTiger
quote:Her arse wasn't that big
You suck major arse.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:32 pm to AlxTgr
I have been following whats going on in this thread for the most part, but I have a question. Is there a happy medium with all of this flood water? I know opening up the Morganza saves thousands of homes and businesses but is there a way that they could open it a little and let the water spread over on both sides of the river saving some people heartache. It seems that trhis all has to do with is saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Not trying to be an arse about the situation but I have farmland that will be affected because of this.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:33 pm to ReauxlTide222
Reauxl no, they're between Simmesport and Natchez ... never been there myself. But they're pretty heartbroken although they DO realize it's a camp and not their primary home. Still sucks.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:36 pm to ReauxlTide222
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golfer howd you know where that was? do you live anywhere around there?
The caption of one of the posts noted a hunting camp. I googled the hunting camp name and found the location.
Not really sure why they didn't get all that stuff out sooner. The river has been rising for 2 weeks now.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:37 pm to shoelessjoe
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is saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans
It is why these protective measures were created.
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I have farmland that will be affected because of this.
I truly feel for you. It sucks big time. I have friends whose farms are fricked in the MS Delta. I hope for your sake it it only a year of production.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:41 pm to tiger91
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You mean the actual bridge that I crossed every time I went home from LSU????
Not at all. If the 190 bridge did not give way in 73, then the I-10 bridge will probably withstand this one, as it was built after that. I meant the Morganza structure.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:42 pm to shoelessjoe
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I have been following whats going on in this thread for the most part, but I have a question. Is there a happy medium with all of this flood water? I know opening up the Morganza saves thousands of homes and businesses but is there a way that they could open it a little and let the water spread over on both sides of the river saving some people heartache. It seems that trhis all has to do with is saving Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Not trying to be an arse about the situation but I have farmland that will be affected because of this.
They're not going to put any more water down the Morganza than they have to in order to ensure the levees maintain from that point downriver to here in New Orleans. It's not an all or none kind of thing where if they open Morganza they open it full and divert the full 600 kcfs--there are gradations of opening, fortunately.
I'm very sorry about your property. I've been praying for you an your neighbors every night since I first heard about this.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:43 pm to glassman
[quote] truly feel for you. It sucks big time. I have friends whose farms are fricked in the MS Delta. I hope for your sake it it only a year of production.
Unfortunately no. We farm sugarcane and if the water destrys the mothber cane it could ruin a three year rotation. For the most part its the Bayou L'ourse area next to Lake Pollourd. Expecting between 0-5 feet of water. as long as the water doesn't cover the cane for a long time we may luck up. I am praying for help.
Unfortunately no. We farm sugarcane and if the water destrys the mothber cane it could ruin a three year rotation. For the most part its the Bayou L'ourse area next to Lake Pollourd. Expecting between 0-5 feet of water. as long as the water doesn't cover the cane for a long time we may luck up. I am praying for help.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:44 pm to shoelessjoe
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but is there a way that they could open it a little and let the water spread over on both sides of the river saving some people heartache.
I don't think so. The Spillway only flows one way, west into the Atchafalaya. The folks who have land in the Spillway have been paid for floodway easements, and they have had a pretty good run. I am not saying it doesn't suck for them, because it does. But everyone knows that the spillway is first and foremost a means of taking pressure off the lower Mississippi.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:44 pm to shoelessjoe
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We farm sugarcane and if the water destrys the mothber cane it could ruin a three year rotation. For the most part its the Bayou L'ourse area next to Lake Pollourd. Expecting between 0-5 feet of water. as long as the water doesn't cover the cane for a long time we may luck up. I am praying for help.
That bites. Sorry.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:49 pm to Golfer
i know they cut it close
Posted on 5/9/11 at 10:49 pm to shoelessjoe
And another thing, because I'm sure you're thinking about partial flooding on either side (Morganza floodway vs. on the river) and the issue is density. There's a lot more damage done on the Mississippi side by sending a certain volume of water more than the flood containment can handle versus sending the same volume extra down the Morganza--there's just much more damage to be done along the Mississippi than along the Atchafalaya with the same volume of flood water.
Again, y'all are in my prayers.
Again, y'all are in my prayers.
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