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re: Mississippi River Flooding - Links & Pictures in 1st Post
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:00 pm to lsugrldej8
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:00 pm to lsugrldej8
Water just starting to climb up the letters at RR and Florida. Plan on taking a few pics at this spot each week to see the progression.
This post was edited on 5/5/11 at 1:01 pm
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Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:02 pm to lsugrldej8
Edit. Nvm. Missed the link on the OP. Looks like my house is in a flood path though 
This post was edited on 5/5/11 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:02 pm to cheeriopiss
What's the approx. distance from where the water is now, to the top of the levee?
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:04 pm to RummelTiger
I'd say at least 15ft just eyeballing it.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:06 pm to geauxlsu09
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I found a projectory flood map of Adams county, catahoula parish, Concordia parish, and LaSalle I will post.
This?
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:06 pm to cheeriopiss
quote:
I'd say at least 15ft just eyeballing it.
Yikes!
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:07 pm to AlxTgr
Yeah Alx. Thank you!
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:10 pm to AlxTgr
Well it looks like the flood will spare Vidalia and Ferriday.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:12 pm to TxTiger82
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Well it looks like the flood will spare Vidalia
How you figure?
Are you saying that the visqueen wrapped, plywood walls are gonna hold strong?
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:15 pm to RummelTiger
Just looking at the map it seems like the waters will ht the river bank area hard but spare the actual town.
Of course, that is if the map is accurate.
Not like Vidalia is worth a shite anyways.
No offense to anyone who may live there.
Of course, that is if the map is accurate.
Not like Vidalia is worth a shite anyways.
No offense to anyone who may live there.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:18 pm to RummelTiger
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Are you saying that the visqueen wrapped, plywood walls are gonna hold strong?
Well, Vidalia and Ferriday are protected by real levees. It's the new Riverfront they built outside the levees(like dumbasses) that are in trouble and they are scrambling to put up something to protect it. They are wasting their time, IMHO.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:21 pm to TxTiger82
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Just looking at the map it seems like the waters will ht the river bank area hard but spare the actual town.
Let's be honest. Would anyone actually expect the COE to post maps showing that they think their own levees would fail? I hope everything holds but nobody really knows what the response of the levee system will be to this amount of water. Hopefully there isn't any more rain up north for a while and the river will come down without any failures.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:28 pm to RummelTiger
This is by the vet school where a lot of people run.
Notice the barge in the back. Wow.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:33 pm to pwejr88
Levee at 45' today. Law enforcement is worried it could bust at 50'. Supposed to get to 48-49' next week.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:35 pm to cheeriopiss
Measure the distance along the surface of the levee from the water to the top of the levee. This is the hypotenuse (h) of a right triangle. The angle of the levee (aº) away from vertical forms one variable. To determine the vertical distance (d) of the water to the top of the levee:
d = (h) x (cos(aº))
If the hypotenuse is 20' and the angle of the levee is 45º then the distance from the water to the top of the levee is about 14'.
d = (h) x (cos(aº))
If the hypotenuse is 20' and the angle of the levee is 45º then the distance from the water to the top of the levee is about 14'.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:36 pm to pwejr88
I guess old river and catahoula lake will be what causes us to flood if anything significant happens.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:37 pm to cheeriopiss
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I'd say at least 15ft just eyeballing it.
I'd say that's about right. This picture is from eye level.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:43 pm to TigerDog83
The flood water that the map shows is not the result of levee failure. this is all backwater and cant be stopped
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:44 pm to just me
Note 1: Diagram of foregoing post.
Note 2: The angle of the levee appears to be more than 45º from vertical.
Note 2: The angle of the levee appears to be more than 45º from vertical.
Posted on 5/5/11 at 1:47 pm to just me
I worked on levee improvments is Madison Parish and if I remember right the slope of the levee was one for one
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