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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:58 pm to dome53
Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:58 pm to dome53
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Damn. If so, how fricked is Vidalia?
Vidalia can kiss the new multimillion dollar riverfront facilities goodbye. They are moving in some temporary floodwalls right now.
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Posted on 5/3/11 at 12:58 pm to TigerNAtux
According to the Natchez paper they are actively sandbagging at Vidalia. The article mentioned that at 60 feet they expected the river to be flowing at least 2,100,000 cfs. One would think that at 65' this could get interesting.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:02 pm to 11Tiger
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Vidalia can kiss the new multimillion dollar riverfront facilities goodbye.
How stupid were they to build that shite outside the levee anyway? Geez...when I was a kid I saw water over that area several times. Humans are so arrogant sometimes.
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They are moving in some temporary floodwalls right now.
Waste of money and time, IMHO. But I guess they have to try.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:13 pm to TigerNAtux
Vidalia Flood Wall
Here is an article from yesterday showing the "flood wall" Vidalia is constructing. I guess attempting to do something makes people feel better than doing nothing. This looks like a total waste of time if the river gets as high as forecast.
Here is an article from yesterday showing the "flood wall" Vidalia is constructing. I guess attempting to do something makes people feel better than doing nothing. This looks like a total waste of time if the river gets as high as forecast.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:15 pm to TigerDog83
The Mississippi River vs. a plywood wall
Hmmm....
Hmmm....
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:18 pm to RummelTiger
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The Mississippi River vs. a plywood wall
Hmmm....
Exactly. The pictures made me laugh. It's ridiculous.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:18 pm to RummelTiger
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The Mississippi River vs. a plywood wall
Mississippi River will win every time..
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:18 pm to RummelTiger
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The Mississippi River vs. a plywood wall
Kind of like a cardboard box on a railroad track. At least the local lumber mills probably had some brisk business.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:19 pm to RummelTiger
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The Mississippi River vs. a plywood wall
Obviously you missed the part where they said they were gonna put some visquene over it.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:20 pm to TigerDog83
Will some sand bags and visqueen hold?
I really don't care too much about the riverwalk, I just don't want to see the house I grew up in being carried into the gulf
I really don't care too much about the riverwalk, I just don't want to see the house I grew up in being carried into the gulf
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:20 pm to 11Tiger
A friend of mine in Vidalia just text me that he was hearing 67' now. Another friend is at a parish meeting, he said he would let me know what he finds out.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:22 pm to H2Oproof Tiger
wait do they think those 2x4 will hold 6' of water?
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:22 pm to H2Oproof Tiger
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H2Oproof Tiger
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Ferriday, La
We'll see about that
This post was edited on 5/3/11 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:22 pm to TigerDog83
I live in natchez and work in vidalia, on my way to work monday morning i saw their attempt at a flood wall. Its not funny but it made me laugh, what they are attempting will not stop whats coming.
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:23 pm to TigerNAtux
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How stupid were they to build that shite outside the levee anyway? Geez...when I was a kid I saw water over that area several times
Same here, When they started building the riverfront I was thinking "why the hell are they building there?"
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:24 pm to LSUballs
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Obviously you missed the part where they said they were gonna put some visquene over it.
OH!!!
Well shite, that's as solid as the pyramids then!
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:26 pm to RummelTiger
I have a question. This is a quote I read in an article from the N.Y. Times:
If a person buys farmland in a "floodway" or builds a house in a "floodway," does he have a right to complain when the "floodway" is flooded to save a town or other property that is not in a "floodway"? Am I offbase here?
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General Walsh said he had sympathy for the farmers. “Many of the people who have lived in the floodway, I’ve known them for two or three years,” he said. “I know what this is going to do, if we open the floodway.”
If a person buys farmland in a "floodway" or builds a house in a "floodway," does he have a right to complain when the "floodway" is flooded to save a town or other property that is not in a "floodway"? Am I offbase here?
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:28 pm to wrlakers
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If a person buys farmland in a "floodway" or builds a house in a "floodway," does he have a right to complain when the "floodway" is flooded to save a town or other property that is not in a "floodway"? Am I offbase here?
IMO No, but it went to court in Missouri
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:28 pm to RummelTiger
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Well shite, that's as solid as the pyramids then!
Posted on 5/3/11 at 1:29 pm to wrlakers
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If a person buys farmland in a "floodway" or builds a house in a "floodway," does he have a right to complain when the "floodway" is flooded to save a town or other property that is not in a "floodway"? Am I offbase here?
If you're buying land to farm, then I would say it's at your own risk. But, why in the world would they allow someone to build a house in the floodway? That makes no sense.
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