re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post

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Damn where do they evacuate the prisoners to?

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North Baton Rouge.

Yeah, once you get further south than Memphis, I-55 gets pretty far apart. One of the articles I saw had something about a warning for Cape Girardeau though...

Sorry to jump in so late but I don't check this board very often. In 73 the Corps only opened the Morganza floodway because Old River was getting ready to give way. Rumor has it that they nearly lost Morganza, too. A real concern is that once the river gets that high, the levee could give way at any point and whereever it would break, you would have a major flood for several miles inland then additional flooding as the water ran south. Just because you are on relatively high ground will not make a lot of difference if you are near a breach. This is nothing to joke about and if the river will be higher than in 1973, we are nearing a very dangerous period.

If Old River gives out, you could lose I-10 over the Atchafalaya swamp and south Louisiana east of the Atchafalaya would be essentially cut off from that part of the state to the west of the river. The effects of a flood of that scale would make Katrina look like a sideshow, mainly because it would affect the state's economy for decades. But think of the effects on people who live in the area that would flood.

This is serious and you should be paying close attention to river levels.

I was told the COE has upped the Crest to 64.5 feet for May 15th in Greenville. 1927 (which caused the largest crevasse on the Mississippi in the flood just North of Greenville) measured 65.4. There are rumors that they might up this to 70', albeit simply rumors at this point. Baton Rouge might get the benefit of a major break somewhere in Arkansas or Northeast Louisiana as I'm betting there are some low spots in those levees somewhere. This is quickly turning into a major event.

RIVER STAGE FORECASTS (A)BV

STATION FS 7PM 12HR ....F O R E C A S T..... (B)LO

STG CHG 0503 0504 0505 0506 0507 CREST/DATE FS

OHIO RIVER

SMITHLAND TW 40 53.5 +0.8 54.3 54.7 55.0 54.7 54.2 55.0 05/05A

PADUCAH 39 54.2 +0.8 55.0 55.3 55.5 55.3 54.7 55.5 05/05A

BROOKPORT 37 56.4E MSG 57.1 57.4 57.5 57.3 56.6 57.5 05/05A

GRAND CHAIN 42 62.0 +0.6 62.3 62.4 62.3 62.2 61.7 62.3 05/03A

CAIRO 40 61.6 +0.6 60.5 60.0 59.9 59.7 59.4 61.8 05/03A

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

CAPE GIRARDEAU 32 46.2 +0.1 46.2 45.4 44.5 43.9 43.1 Cresting

THEBES 33 45.5 +0.3 45.3 44.4 43.5 42.8 42.1 Cresting

NEW MADRID 34 46.4 +0.5 47.1 48.6 49.6 50.0 50.0 50.0 05/06A

TIPTONVILLE 37 47.4E MSG 47.9 49.2 50.6 51.4 51.5 51.7 05/06P

CARUTHERSVILLE 32 45.3 +0.3 45.6 47.3 48.6 49.1 49.5 49.5 05/06P

OSCEOLA 28 43.1 +0.5 43.6 44.3 45.0 45.6 46.2 47.5 05/08A

MEMPHIS 34 42.8 +0.7 43.1 44.2 45.1 45.8 46.5 48.0 05/10A

HELENA 44 49.9 +0.6 50.6 51.6 52.6 53.6 54.3 56.0 05/12A

ARKANSAS CITY 37 42.2 +0.4 43.1 44.3 45.6 47.0 48.6 53.5 05/14A

GREENVILLE 48 53.4 +0.4 54.0 55.2 56.3 57.6 58.9 64.5 05/15A

VICKSBURG 43 45.4 +0.3 46.1 47.1 48.0 49.2 50.3 57.5 05/18A

NATCHEZ 48 50.7 +0.4 51.2 52.1 53.1 54.0 54.9 65.0 05/20A

RED RIVER LNDG 48 51.9 +0.5 52.2 53.3 54.3 55.0 56.2 65.5 05/21A

BATON ROUGE 35 34.4 +0.4 34.9 35.7 36.6 37.3 38.3 47.5 05/21P A.05/03P

DONALDSONVILLE 27 24.4 +0.4 24.9 25.4 26.2 26.9 27.5 36.0 05/21P A.05/06P

RESERVE 22 18.8 +0.4 19.1 19.6 20.2 20.8 21.3 25.0 05/22A A.05/13A

NEW ORLEANS /17/ 13.7 +0.3 13.9 14.4 14.7 15.2 15.6 17.0 05/22A

I just posted it right above your post.

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HELENA 44 49.9 +0.6 50.6 51.6 52.6 53.6 54.3 56.0 05/12A

ARKANSAS CITY 37 42.2 +0.4 43.1 44.3 45.6 47.0 48.6 53.5 05/14A

GREENVILLE 48 53.4 +0.4 54.0 55.2 56.3 57.6 58.9 64.5 05/15A

VICKSBURG 43 45.4 +0.3 46.1 47.1 48.0 49.2 50.3 57.5 05/18A

NATCHEZ 48 50.7 +0.4 51.2 52.1 53.1 54.0 54.9 65.0 05/20A

RED RIVER LNDG 48 51.9 +0.5 52.2 53.3 54.3 55.0 56.2 65.5 05/21A

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These are the ones that look really bad, although I'm not a professional like Scottie and some of the others that have posted previously.

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We'll see the morganza opened soon I'm sure.

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take it for what it's worth. 2 weeks ago i was traveling from marksville to new roads via highway 1. and they were moving the crane on the morganza spillway locks back and forth along it's tracks. at that time, there was no water at the locks. it may be a precaution to make sure everything is operational.

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Apparently the mods dont think that the largest flood since 1927

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Worst then the midwest flood of the 90's?