re: what are the chances that Baton Rouge floods

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And that ignores erosion/sand boil concerns of which were are many at multiple points in BR.

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The seepage through the levees worries me. When we had the big flood in North La in the early 90's, the levee behind my house stayed soaked. Parts of the side sagged like it was melting. Being in a rural area we didn't have to worry about people trudging up and down it constantly and thus making it much worse. Here though... they're going to have to have a police presence to keep folks off the levee.

And this doesn't even begin to address the road buckling that will occur throughout the area due to the water moving underground. I think it took Monroe something like 10 years to finally get the roads back into some sort of shape (or at least South Monroe along 165 Business).

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The seepage through the levees worries me. When we had the big flood in North La in the early 90's, the levee behind my house stayed soaked. Parts of the side sagged like it was melting. Being in a rural area we didn't have to worry about people trudging up and down it constantly and thus making it much worse. Here though... they're going to have to have a police presence to keep folks off the levee.

And this doesn't even begin to address the road buckling that will occur throughout the area due to the water moving underground. I think it took Monroe something like 10 years to finally get the roads back into some sort of shape (or at least South Monroe along 165 Business).

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while those problems aren't good they are minor compared to what could happen.

do you think the sand boils are big enough to cause major flooding like a levee breach.

Here's what the Corps says it'll look like if it does...

LINK

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do you think the sand boils are big enough to cause major flooding like a levee breach.

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Uh, yes.

That's the concern over them.

That's the end result if they aren't found and plugged in time.

sand boil and misc pics