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Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:44 am to JudgeHolden
Atchafalaya river in Morgan City @ 6.54 this morning. On my way to work I saw it has already made its way up to the flood gate on Front Street. People are talking about it getting anywhere from 12-14 feet by the time the crest gets here. We're putting a lot of faith in the 15' wall and the levees around here.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:44 am to Croacka
less deceiving?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:47 am to LSUtigersarefun
Did you observe boils on the protected side? Just because there is water does not mean there is seepage occuring.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:47 am to msutiger
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less deceiving?
yes, much better
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:48 am to msutiger
This was taken yesterday according to where I lifted it from. Appears the water has risen a few feet from your picture. Notice the panels after the bushes.
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 8:50 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:48 am to bayoudude
it was higher than that in '08
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:50 am to mylsuhat
Our lives are in the hands of the Corps - I feel safe
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:51 am to mylsuhat
im going to go take some new ones today, ive got a cool idea too
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:51 am to nicholastiger
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Our lives are in the hands of the Corps - I feel safe
<----runs to buy life raft
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:55 am to msutiger
41.75' as of 8am
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:56 am to coverboy
The flood wall is roughly 22' ft high. That is not the major area of concern for Morgan City. The part that poses a big threat is the backflow into Bayou Chene and Bayou Bouef which will cause the Lake to rise to 6' and potentially top the levees around the Lake which are around 6'. They have begun placing Hesco Baskets along the top of those levees to prevent overtopping.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:58 am to coverboy
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We're putting a lot of faith in the 15' wall and the levees around here
same here. I used to live in MC but moved to BR last year. a lot of my family still lives there.
God forbid a barge breaks loose and nails that wall, we'd be history!
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:59 am to Breric
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The part that poses a big threat is the backflow into Bayou Chene
This is also the part Houma is worried about though we have less risk than Morgan City area. Bayou Chene would feed into the intracoastal and there are no locks east of Morgan City. I saw that they green lighted the sinking of a barge in Bayou Chene although I don't think it will do a whole lot of good.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:04 am to bayoudude
Listened to the Army Core yesterday..someone brought up potentially using this sediment laden water to help rebuild the wetlands. It was like the guy was speaking chineese.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:11 am to junior
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Anyone work for dotd, or have links reguarding the safety of 190?
Yeah. I haven't personally dealt with it, but alot of the structure is starting to sink. It should be nearly level, but if you look closely at the rails while driving, you will see dips in the railing. Not sure how much force it would take to affect it, but a current with a decent amount of force can't be good for a weakened foundation.
They're talking about taking care of it, but it will cost a lot (understatement).
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 9:15 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:15 am to tetu
I don't think 190 is in any danger. It's not like a 80 foot tsunami will come crashing down the floodway. That bridge was built with the morganza being opened in mind.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:24 am to bayoudude
The barge is getting some mixed reviews. They did something like this in 1973 and some think it helped and some think the water just went around it. They have added sheet piles to the design to go along with the barge, rip rap, and caisons so hopefully it all helps.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I don't think 190 is in any danger. It's not like a 80 foot tsunami will come crashing down the floodway. That bridge was built with the morganza being opened in mind.
The spillway is so wide, velocities through there will be low. Plus it's heavily wooded, so that slows the flow even more - high roughness coefficient.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:40 am to tetu
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Yeah. I haven't personally dealt with it, but alot of the structure is starting to sink. It should be nearly level, but if you look closely at the rails while driving, you will see dips in the railing. Not sure how much force it would take to affect it, but a current with a decent amount of force can't be good for a weakened foundation.
It would depend on the reason for the footing subsiding. If it is do to lowered bearing capacity at the individual footing, depending on how the weight of the additional water interacts with the surface and subsurface soils, it could either increase or decrease the bearing capacity of the footing. Those are deep foundations that should be at least 50-75 feet deep shafts. The lateral forces should not have as much affect on the footing as the downward force of the extra water.
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