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Why is everyone concerned with N.O. and Baton Rouge?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:12 pm
It seems that all caution is thrown to the wind now that the Morganza will be opened. Its unfair that man will make water divert on to someone else to protect precious N.O and Baton Rouge. I guess I am just venting because it affects me and my way of life and how I make a living.
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Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:14 pm to shoelessjoe
u mad? j/k....i really hate to hear this kind of shite happening to people
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:14 pm to shoelessjoe
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shoelessjoe
Where do you live and how do you make a living?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:14 pm to shoelessjoe
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It seems that all caution is thrown to the wind now that the Morganza will be opened. Its unfair that man will make water divert on to someone else to protect precious N.O and Baton Rouge. I guess I am just venting because it affects me and my way of life and how I make a living.
Just the way it is. Same thing happened in Missouri/Illinois. Farm land was flooded to avoid flooding a small town. When its population vs. wildlife...population wins.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:15 pm to shoelessjoe
check the front page of the Times Pic, u guys are gonna flood whether they open morganza or not. Sorry
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:16 pm to shoelessjoe
quote:
It seems that all caution is thrown to the wind now that the Morganza will be opened. Its unfair that man will make water divert on to someone else to protect precious N.O and Baton Rouge. I guess I am just venting because it affects me and my way of life and how I make a living.
Because NOLA and BR are big economic centers of LA.
Nobody's going to be happy with opening Morganza, but it may have to be done to protect the cities. The floods could kill people and ruin the cities. I think the answer is pretty obvious, but I do feel for you.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:17 pm to shoelessjoe
$$$$$$
and these have been the rules, everyone should know the risks associated for where they live. Sorry for your loss
and these have been the rules, everyone should know the risks associated for where they live. Sorry for your loss
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:22 pm to DEANintheYAY
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When its population vs. wildlife...population wins.
Not when it comes to wetlands and endangered species.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:23 pm to shoelessjoe
I thought the Morganza spillway was built for these types of events?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:23 pm to shoelessjoe
It is men diverting water via levees and control structure that is keeping the whole damn river naturally coming in and affecting your way of life.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:25 pm to shoelessjoe
BR and NO are the two largest population centers in the state. In just the two metro areas you are looking at well over 1 million folks.
What makes more sense? To flood (potentially) 1 million+, or to flood less than 100k?
What makes more sense? To flood (potentially) 1 million+, or to flood less than 100k?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:28 pm to shoelessjoe
Well man, take a look at this:
LINK
You folks in the basin would likely flood regardless, so it literally makes no sense to keep the Morganza closed at this point. The thing was built for a reason, and here it is.....
LINK
You folks in the basin would likely flood regardless, so it literally makes no sense to keep the Morganza closed at this point. The thing was built for a reason, and here it is.....
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:33 pm to shoelessjoe
Per the 2010 census, LA has a population of 4,492,076. Approx. 2,000,000 of those people live in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans SMAs.
It sucks to flood 5%(?) of your population, but it does make sense to save 40% of your population.
It sucks to flood 5%(?) of your population, but it does make sense to save 40% of your population.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:45 pm to Shankopotomus
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You folks in the basin would likely flood regardless, so it literally makes no sense to keep the Morganza closed at this point. The thing was built for a reason, and here it is.....
Also, ACOE has stated that the river would crest over the locks, so water was coming down that way regardless.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:48 pm to Bard
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Also, ACOE has stated that the river would crest over the locks, so water was coming down that way regardless.
Which is why I am a little frustrated with the pussy footing about opening the Morganza. They know what will happen if they don't so why put that much more strain on the levees. Start relieving it now!
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:51 pm to bayoudude
It probably has more to do with giving people downstream of the spillway time to get their stuff to higher ground as well as the legal hurdles involved in getting them opened than any pussy-footing.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:53 pm to bayoudude
quote:I thought I read somewhere that once the flow rate reaches a certain threshold they will open it?????
Which is why I am a little frustrated with the pussy footing about opening the Morganza. They know what will happen if they don't so why put that much more strain on the levees. Start relieving it now!
Posted on 5/11/11 at 1:53 pm to Bard
Yeah just that they have never officially given the people down here a time line. Just speculation.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 2:03 pm to shoelessjoe
quote:I sympathize because my relatives in the Morgan City are are likely to be flooded out.
Its unfair that man will make water divert on to someone else to protect precious N.O and Baton Rouge.
But protecting the ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and refineries along that stretch of the river, is protecting vital infrastructure - not just the residents of those communities.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 2:04 pm to shoelessjoe
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precious N.O and Baton Rouge
Well mostly because without those two cities and the industry that they employ, our state would be just about broke. In all reality, the state and the country relies on the ports that operate in those two cities for a lot. Unfortunately, some people and things will get the wrong side of the stick.
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