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re: Bonnet Carre Spillway Opening Incoming?
Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:47 pm to choupiquesushi
Posted on 4/6/25 at 10:47 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:
bonnet carre has no impact on the "other" spillway(the one crawfish come from)
Fir some reason I thought bonnet carre also had crawfish
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Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:09 pm to Jake88
quote:River gauge measurements are the height above sea level, not water depth
What are those feet measuring? The river is much deeper through N.O. Are those feet above sea level?
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:10 pm to Jake88
quote:
What are those feet measuring? The river is much deeper through N.O. Are those feet above sea level?
Those numbers refer to stage, not depth.
Yes those are feet above a datum like msl
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:11 pm to Jake88
Beats me
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:15 pm to HooDooWitch
quote:They might do so shortly, but the price to farmers and fishermen dropped under $2/lb last week. I expect it could jump back up as holy week approaches but your post is incorrect
Crawfish prices are going up
This post was edited on 4/6/25 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 4/6/25 at 11:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
Fir some reason I thought bonnet carre also had crawfish
They do .
These Morganza people seem a little deranged… *Team “The Spillway” (aka Bonnet Carre Spillway) all the way
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:42 am to LSUFanHouston
Will depend also on the state of the levees in northeast Louisiana. shite is about to get pretty serious up there in the coming days.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 4:52 am to The Boat
quote:
There are plenty of towns and houses in the spillway between Morganza and the Gulf.
Here is my idea for this.
Why not build a channel and levees to capture the water from smaller Morganza openings to avoid flooding the pastures and farmland in the basin so the Atchafalaya takes up more water than flushing out of the lake and the Mississippi Sound for minor openings. Now for a major event, you still have the Bonnie Carre that can open and when Morganza opens fully you still flood the basin, pastures and farmland be damned. Of course you could just allow more water out of Old River Control Structure and not need a channel.
If we are worried about flooding Morgan City, they are protected to 21 feet and I think the highest it got recently was 10.3 feet in 2011. Also, St. Mary finally built a floodgate in Bayou Chene to prevent the water from coming around to flood the Lake Palourde area.
Also, more water and sediment would continue to aid the St. Mary area in delta growth at the Wax Lake Outlet and Atchafalaya Deltas.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 6:10 am to LSUFanHouston
The river isn’t high here yet. It shouldn’t be an issue.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 6:16 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
And what will this do to spillway crawfish prices?
The only guarantee is that prices will rise based on the anticipation of it opening and then rise again if it opens.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 9:12 am to LSUFanHouston
The river is jumping more than 20 feet in 12 days (on the ntz gauge) Looks like my camp will get 1.5 feet of water in it. It would be nice if they would start letting some water through morganza but they aren't unless we get more rain.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 9:37 am to Park duck
quote:Out of curiosity, where is your camp?
Looks like my camp will get 1.5 feet of water
Posted on 4/7/25 at 9:46 am to SlackMaster
old river in Vidalia
Posted on 4/7/25 at 10:08 am to LSUballs
quote:The Red is going to jump 10' in 3ish days.
This week will be about the fastest river rise I have seen.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 11:40 am to Capt ST
quote:
Have you seen his rock collection?
Nope. Got pics?
Posted on 4/7/25 at 12:03 pm to Jake88
quote:
Where is 0 ft on that gauge?
I THINK it’s 0 ft NGVD29
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