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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:04 pm to RummelTiger
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:04 pm to RummelTiger
Seems like the real trouble area is from around Greenville to Baton Rouge, especially around Natchez on the Louisiana side. Unfortunately the White, St. Francis, and the Arkansas are all backed up and flooding much of low lying Arkansas already. Just talked with some family friends in Ferriday and they have taken most of the possessions they intend to keep out of the area. They have pictures of the 1927 flood which put water up to the third floor of their house. They are leaving Sunday with no intentions of returning for a couple of months if it gets bad. This sounds worse every day.
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Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:06 pm to White Roach
I would be interested in knowing the crest in 73 at Natchez.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:07 pm to bencoleman
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I would be interested in knowing the crest in 73 at Natchez.
3) 56.70 ft on 05/13/1973
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Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:07 pm to bencoleman
General question - do the forecasts take into account river height if one or more of the spillways are opened? I'm assuming they don't since there is only one number given, so is there any way to determine the effect they might have on crest heights? Educated guesses welcome...
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:08 pm to NYNolaguy1
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On another note, my main concern is more of security... when I was at UNO studying this stuff I did a paper on ORCS, and got some pretty good pictures of Morganza, etc, very up close and personal. In fact, too up close and personal. If I were the Corps, I'd put a few more patrols around the area. It's wayyy too easy for someone with ulterior motives to redirect the Mississippi river at high stage when something like this happens.
They have regular patrols during flood watch
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:08 pm to TigerDog83
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They are leaving Sunday with no intentions of returning for a couple of months if it gets bad. This sounds worse every day.
The more affluent folks from Vidalia area have snatched up all storage space and rental properties in Adams county(high side of river).
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:11 pm to mikelbr
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The more affluent folks from Vidalia area have snatched up all storage space and rental properties in Adams county(high side of river).
They have family in Ruston and Shreveport so that's where most of their belongings have headed. Apparently moved a lot of stuff the last week or so while this was brewing. I'd imagine their farm lands are going to take a serious hit unfortunately.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:17 pm to TigerDog83
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especially around Natchez on the Louisiana side
This is me. I'm packing up this weekend.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:18 pm to TigerDog83
fwiw wbrz is at my house in lake beau pre right now interviewing my roommate about '08 and the current flood. we are all going to die.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:19 pm to TigerDog83
I talked to one of my sisters from jonesville this morning and they are packing their stuff she is scared to death. I have a lot of family in the monterey area
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:21 pm to bencoleman
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I talked to one of my sisters from jonesville
This is my territory.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:24 pm to SimonSlick
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I talked to one of my sisters from jonesville this morning and they are packing their stuff she is scared to death. I have a lot of family in the monterey area
Isn't Jonesville on the west bank of the Ouachita? Is that the high bank or is it still pretty low in relation to the Delta?
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:28 pm to TigerDog83
Jonesville is on the west bank of the Black and is fairly low.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:28 pm to TigerDog83
Jonesville is very low.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:33 pm to bencoleman
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Jonesville is on the west bank of the Black and is fairly low.
I wasn't sure about elevation exactly. The only time I've been through there was for a hunt over a decade ago at Catahoula lake.
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:33 pm to SimonSlick
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one of my sisters
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This is my territory.
You sly dog you!
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:38 pm to SimonSlick
The Black is formed from the Little, The Tensas,and the ouachita rivers
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:39 pm to AlxTgr
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You sly dog you
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:39 pm to AlxTgr
I know the grain elevator in St Joseph is moving all of their grain to Jonesville. We were actually contracted to deliver wheat to the elevator in St Joe next week once we start cutting, but they are instead paying us to haul it to Jonesville. So apparently Bunge is confident in Jonesville staying dry. Either that or they have absolutely no other option.
I talked to a guy at the convenience store at lunch who had a USACE emergency operations shirt on. He said they were currently checking all the levees in Tensas parish. I asked if they levees were going to hold and he said we arent done checking them over, but so far so good. FWIW
I talked to a guy at the convenience store at lunch who had a USACE emergency operations shirt on. He said they were currently checking all the levees in Tensas parish. I asked if they levees were going to hold and he said we arent done checking them over, but so far so good. FWIW
Posted on 5/4/11 at 1:40 pm to SimonSlick
Simon I am sure you know some of my family. I want to school in monterey til the tenth grade then went to block in jonesville
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