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re: Biggest What-Ifs in Baton Rouge history...
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:29 pm to el Gaucho
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:29 pm to el Gaucho
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That ship that almost blew up did
Tell this story
A ship carrying some kind of hazardous/explosive cargo lost power in baton rouge and there was a lot of talk about if it had collided with a wharf or another vessel it would have been catostrophic.
I was in Pilottown hunting in the 80s and a couple of older pilots were talking about it.
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:44 pm to Juan Betanzos
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He’s a known realtor now in Baton Rouge. Related to someone I know.
Legend.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:10 pm to Breauxsif
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If Murphy Paul was never elected as police chief of BRPD.
*appointed
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:27 pm to FlyingTigerBo
LSU staying in Pineville
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:28 pm to Jimbeaux
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all black sacred cows like Capitol and McKinley were allowed to stay all black.
Well, they were supposed to be 50-50ish but the white kids families had the means to put them in private school or leave the parish. So those schools stayed a neighborhood school.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:33 pm to holmesbr
quote:actually a lot of white kids got sent to McKinley and Scotlandville.
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all black sacred cows like Capitol and McKinley were allowed to stay all black.
Well, they were supposed to be 50-50ish but the white kids families had the means to put them in private school or leave the parish. So those schools stayed a neighborhood school.
That's how 3 of our posters knew Stephanie .. I mean Stormy
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:42 pm to FlyingTigerBo
quote:Once the Empires of France & Spain set it up and running, it was going to have a failing grade. (Like it does now) It was conceived and built on a faulty foundation.
Biggest What-Ifs in Baton Rouge history...
Its arguable heyday was during Jim Crow days, so that wasn’t good for a segment of its population. It was good for the largest percentage of its folks though at that point. The high water level for BR.
It’s too disparate now, it won’t be better in our lifetimes. Terrible economics too.
Nothing over the past four decades makes me optimistic for it’s future.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if St George was allowed to incorporate a decade ago with no legal battle.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:59 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Poncho's was still open?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:00 pm to cajuntiger1010
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Disney world is the obvious answer here
Disney was never going to be in BR. It was supposed to be in New Iberia. The haircut would have went world wide!
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:00 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Cats didnt go from worse to worser?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:16 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Interstate Construction were to ever finish?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:19 pm to CatfishJohn
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I think what if Katrina didn't happen...
Sadly it was inevitable. The way those flood walls were designed, a storm was gonna come and knock them down one day. The ultimate “when, not if” scenario.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:42 pm to Shorts Guy
What if Huey Long did not believe every farmer could go to college by putting a directional university in every nook and cranny in the state?
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:44 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Russell Shepard threw a pass??
What if David Pollack didn’t tap his foot in Coates bathroom??
What if David Pollack didn’t tap his foot in Coates bathroom??
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:47 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if George’s under the overpass was still open?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:15 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if the Louisiana legislature had actually approved the hippos
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:26 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Kip didn’t term out
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:31 pm to JoeNelson
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What if LucusP never left TD
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:35 pm to FlyingTigerBo
What if Patrick Peterson had intercepted the ball inbounds? Oh wait...he did.
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