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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/4/11 at 8:45 am to Bulletproof Lover
Posted on 5/4/11 at 8:45 am to Bulletproof Lover
Where exactly is the Fuse Plug Levee? I'm trying to look for it on Google Earth.
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Posted on 5/4/11 at 8:47 am to LSUJuice
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Where exactly is the Fuse Plug Levee? I'm trying to look for it on Google Earth.
I think it runs east/west just north of hwy 1 from Hamburg to Simmesport.
From the Levee District site:
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Bayou Des Glaises Fuse Plug Levee
8.1 miles of fuse plug levee at the head of the West Atchafalaya Basin Floodway, extending on the right descending bank of the bayou from Hamburg to Simmesport, where it joins the West Atchafalaya River Levee.
This post was edited on 5/4/11 at 8:49 am
Posted on 5/4/11 at 8:54 am to AlxTgr
BATON ROUGE 35 35.4 35.6 36.4 37.0 37.7 38.4 47.5 05/23P
NEW ORLEANS 17 14.0E 14.0 14.4 14.7 15.1 15.4 17.0 05/24A
Flood Stage and Crest in Bold. Other river stage projections start at 5/4.
NEW ORLEANS 17 14.0E 14.0 14.4 14.7 15.1 15.4 17.0 05/24A
Flood Stage and Crest in Bold. Other river stage projections start at 5/4.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:13 am to timbo247
Yeah its already been posted.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:15 am to timbo247
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timbo247
Thats is a great link.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:34 am to Choirboy
Is it going to flood in BR? I haven't read the thread either
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:34 am to Choirboy
Worst case, the channels flipping, sounds way worse than Katrina. The Federal Government would never allow this to occur. Gas would be $10 a gallon as a result.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:39 am to Ham Malone
I have really enjoyed (and appreciate) this thread. However, I have a question that does not appear to have been asked/answered:
As you may recall from Katrina, one of the reasons for overtopping (and ultimate failure) of the floodwalls/levees in NO was that subsidence had actually made them lower than was thought (i.e., a 20 foot floodwall was actually only 18.7 feet due to subsidence).
My understanding is that essentially the entirety of South Louisiana (the old MR delta) is subsiding. Do the current levee heights we are discussing take this into consideration?
As you may recall from Katrina, one of the reasons for overtopping (and ultimate failure) of the floodwalls/levees in NO was that subsidence had actually made them lower than was thought (i.e., a 20 foot floodwall was actually only 18.7 feet due to subsidence).
My understanding is that essentially the entirety of South Louisiana (the old MR delta) is subsiding. Do the current levee heights we are discussing take this into consideration?
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:47 am to timbo247
I posted it about 3,000 pages back
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:48 am to udtiger
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Do the current levee heights we are discussing take this into consideration?
That's a good question. I work with a frickin smart engineer from Vidalia who has plenty family/property in the area so he has read and researched EVERYTHING and seems to buy into the idea that the levees will hold at 65 feet BUT... for how long. He mentioned that the recent new projection adds 2 days to the crest and that could mean bad news. Also, the possibility of 67 feet makes the levees pretty worthless.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 9:50 am to mikelbr
Are you talking about at red river landing?
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:08 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Does anyone read the river stage projections I post?
Here is Natchez:
NATCHEZ 48 51.9 52.8 53.7 54.5 55.5 65.0 05/22A
Flood Stage & Crest in Bold. Stages start at 5/4.
Here is Natchez:
NATCHEZ 48 51.9 52.8 53.7 54.5 55.5 65.0 05/22A
Flood Stage & Crest in Bold. Stages start at 5/4.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:09 am to TheWiz
I only read the baton rouge projections. I don't care if Natchez becomes the new Atlantis.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:15 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Natchez will be fine. Vidalia may be fricked.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:16 am to GeorgeTheGreek
UDTiger to answer your question, they are doing surveys as we speak. I don't think they know the answer to your question.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:18 am to TheWiz
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Natchez will be fine. Vidalia may be fricked.
Like someone posted earlier, there is a reason Natchez is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River. Vidalia, especially the new riverfront, is in for bad times.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:24 am to Bulletproof Lover
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UDTiger to answer your question, they are doing surveys as we speak. I don't think they know the answer to your question.
That is disquieting, to say the least.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:27 am to Marty McFrat
Posted on 5/4/11 at 10:31 am to TigerNAtux
their new waterfront is toast.. My parents are driving down to vidalia today to help my grandparents move their stuff to natchez
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