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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:04 am to RummelTiger
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:04 am to RummelTiger
I work on tugboats. I haven't been on the Mississippi river lately but i have been on the Atchafalaya river and that bitch is running strong. I can just imagine what the mississippi is doing. I do hear it is high though.
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Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:04 am to TxTiger82
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I think he is thinking more along the lines of the type of breach that occurred in 1927.
You mean...when it didn't flood much of Baton Rouge?
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:05 am to RummelTiger
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I don't think they're planning on blowing up the BR levee.
I know, but I think a couple levees broke further up the river, if I'm not mistaken. I could be wrong.
I'm talking about relatively small holes in the levee.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:06 am to Geauxtiga
I remember the river got pretty damn high back 3 years ago. Is it supposed to be worse than that? I remember the water table had risen to where all around the vet school was un-drivable
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:06 am to Grilled Bald Eagle
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You mean...when it didn't flood much of Baton Rouge?
Oh, I don't think BR will flood much at all. Maybe a little down in the river bend area, which is a floodplain anyways.
BR doesn't historically flood much.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:07 am to REDLiNE
What and where are you pushing? Have you had to start getting assist boats through berwick vts?
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Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:07 am to RummelTiger
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I'd be more concerned about the Old River Control structure.
I do agree with this. That place scares me.
What would happen if that failed?
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:09 am to The Boat
Yeah right dude, my first semester at LSU in '08 had the Mississippi River about 15 feet from the top of the levee.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:09 am to TxTiger82
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What would happen if that failed?
The Mississippi River would likely be re-routed down the Atchafalaya.
Permanently.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:09 am to TxTiger82
quote:New Orleans would no longer be a port
What would happen if that failed?
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:09 am to Athanatos
Pushing two loaded barges of crude to Krotz Springs. No assist boat but at certain bends it was scary.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:12 am to TxTiger82
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Oh, I don't think BR will flood much at all. Maybe a little down in the river bend area, which is a floodplain anyways.
you think the largest river in North America's flood plain is confined to just one area in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge is a floodplain! From the river past the Vet School, past the Stadium and to the bottom edge of the journalism building...that's the floodplain.
Mike the Tiger will be Mike the Amphibian.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:14 am to Grilled Bald Eagle
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What would happen if that failed?
Krotz and Morgan Shitty would be in chaos
Infrastructure crossing the river would be fricked up
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:18 am to Pectus
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Baton Rouge is a floodplain!
Most of the developed areas in BR are not in the Mississippi River floodplain.
Is there potential for flooding? Absolutely. Is widespread flooding likely? Not really.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:20 am to ike221
They have plans to open the spillways once the river reaches certain levels. For NOLA it will be 17ft.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:21 am to Pectus
I thought Highland Road was the edge of the floodplain? I'm probably wrong though, I just assumed it was
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:22 am to ike221
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Morgan Shitty would be in chaos
That would prob be the best thing that ever happened to MC
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:24 am to TigerTatorTots
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I remember the river got pretty damn high back 3 years ago. Is it supposed to be worse than that? I remember the water table had risen to where all around the vet school was un-drivable
That was terrible. I lived in Beau Pre when that happened...water table was so high it was pushing water up through the cracks in the ground. Beau Pre had stagnant water everywhere that smelled like arse. Glad I got out of that place...
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:30 am to Grilled Bald Eagle
Yeah. Do you know how when you drive on Highland and then Drive on Burbank the same direction there's a change of relief between the 2? That may be the floodplain there.
The point I want to get across is that any low lying areas on the outside of the natural levees and man-enhanced levees need to be cautious. It's going to get wet if the river floods like they are expecting it to.
everything on the riverside of the railroad tracks will be underwater.
The point I want to get across is that any low lying areas on the outside of the natural levees and man-enhanced levees need to be cautious. It's going to get wet if the river floods like they are expecting it to.
everything on the riverside of the railroad tracks will be underwater.
Posted on 4/30/11 at 10:32 am to Pectus
quote:My apartment
everything on the riverside of the railroad tracks will be underwater.
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