re: Morganza 101 for dummies

Before I say this, know that I understand why certain lands would be flooded for NO and BR. They are our state's two most important cities and tons of people live there.

Saying that, I find it funny that people living in these areas say stuff like "They know what could happen when they built there" or "I don't feel sorry for them. They knew this would flood one day". First off, these are probably some of the same people from New Orleans who went through Katrina. Were people telling you "Whatever. You knew what would happen when you built your city where you built". And people in BR, YOU LIVE ON THE RIVER. The same can be said of you. You knew that you could flood also. Like I said, I understand why other places must be flooded, but you need to understand that these places are going to be flooded for you, even though you built your city was built in an equally "dumb" spot.

Very different. Not guaranteed to be considered a natural disaster for some folks either.

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Places like Morgan City will be fricked because of this.

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Many people don't realize how much oil/gas, and shipbuilding infrastructure there in in the Morgan City area that is going to be impacted by this event.

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But someone in NO or BR saying that is kinda crazy to me.

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Is it risky to live in some areas of NO? Yes. HOWEVER, we also pay MUCH higher insurance rates to cover that risk.

I assume these farm owners do too so that is why i am not all that worried about their property.

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quote: I would bet that there are more people working in the plants on the river, boats and ships on the river, ports up and down the river, everything and anything relating to the river than farms in this state....all those farms need the river to move their product, where it goes overseas or not.....it all flows north and south on the Miss River.

quote: steak dinner you name the place

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No dog in this fight, was curious of the answer myself.

Taken from LA 2005 employment report
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2005 - EMP. % OF TOTAL
AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT 1,840,669 100.0%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting 11,437 0.6%
Mining 42,478 2.3%
Utilities 15,055 0.8%
Construction 127,857 6.9%
Manufacturing 151,804 8.2%
Wholesale Trade 73,956 4.0%
Retail Trade 220,548 12.0%
Transportation and Warehousing 77,881 4.2%
Information 32,054 1.7%
Finance and Insurance 61,165 3.3%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 35,114 1.9%
Professional and Technical Services 75,719 4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 21,653 1.2%
Administrative and Waste Services 94,404 5.1%
Educational Services 173,473 9.4%
Health Care and Social Assistance 264,501 14.4%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 44,417 2.4%
Accommodation and Food Services 163,013 8.9%
Other Services, except Public Administration 49,701 2.7%
Public Administration 101,730 5.5%

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Seriously, truck that stuff around?? Come on man!

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yeah.. that's what happens to the vast majority of la ag products..

I thought you said Agriculture was bigger?

Regardless, you have to think a pretty good portion of manufacturing and transportation totals are related to the river.

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I assume these farm owners do too so that is why i am not all that worried about their property.

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Property like buildings is not an issue here. The millions of dollars worth of crops is the issue. They will not collect on insurance if Morganza is opened but they will if it over tops. That being said the government can do anything they want and still cover it.The farmers would most likely recover expenses but profits would definately be gone.

not sure where i see mnfg as agriculture. The vast majority of the manufacturing in the state would probably be at the various plants.

New Orleans exports up to 25% of the nations exports. Louisiana makes up to 25% of the nations petrochemicals. A large portion of that is b/w BR and NO.

I am sure no one is happy anywhere is flooding. Unfortunately you have to make a choice. One choice is from Morganza down the Mississippi. The other is the spillway area downstream on the atchafalaya. Economic impact is not comparable when you compare infrastrucutre loss esp. when 40% of the pop. lives in one area. And a large portion of the petrochem is in this area. As opposed to a lesser amount of pop and a lesser portion of the petrochem. Neither is ideal, nothing is good. Lesser of two evils.

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May be a dumb question, but what's the difference? Morganza is the spillway, right?

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BC Spillway is just a straight shot from the river to the lake. No property damage. Just very short term (actually better for long term) impact on seafood industry.

Morganza could potentially damage property and crops.