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re: Has BR done anything to improve drainage since the 2016 flood?
Posted on 8/13/20 at 6:46 pm to LoneStar23
Posted on 8/13/20 at 6:46 pm to LoneStar23
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Built new neighborhoods at a higher elevation to screw more people
This. That stuff on Burbank by Brec is going to cause everything north of it to flood.
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Posted on 8/13/20 at 6:50 pm to Undertow
They’ve built several new developments in areas right by Jones Creek that flooded horribly. I don’t see how those will help.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:03 pm to Tigerpaw123
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How much help would improved drainage do with an event like the 2016 flood?
Well the 6 foot tall and several miles long concrete wall without gutters on I-12 doesn’t really help at all
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:22 pm to Undertow
So many luncheons were had discussing the best next step. Turns out the next best step was another luncheon.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:25 pm to crewdepoo
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Comite diversion canal?
It’s a federal project, and not complete.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:28 pm to tonydtigr
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Well, they've let all the weeds grow to never before seen heights, in all the silted in ditches and drainages, so there's that.
The weed/silt policy is designed to stop inner city water from flowing out into the suburbs and thus lower the water level on the Amite River. Haven’t you noticed?
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:02 pm to Undertow
Only something federal with comite/amite river basins would have helped for 2016......
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:06 pm to Undertow
Of course, broomie filed suit against St. George and changed a few things. Poof, no flood.
This post was edited on 8/14/20 at 7:52 am
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:07 pm to Undertow
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Has BR done anything to improve
Could have stopped here
Anything after does not matter. The answer is always NO
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:26 pm to Rouge
Lively Bayou flooded bigtime from what I heard. OP stated it correctly. 20-30 inches of rainfall in 72 hours is going to flood communities. I have studied weather records for BR for 42 years and I never saw anything close to those massive amounts of rainfall.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:32 pm to Undertow
They hired Fred Raford again and nope they've not done a thing.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:45 pm to bakersman
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Well the 6 foot tall and several miles long concrete wall without gutters on I-12 doesn’t really help at all
I always thought it would be cool to form a volunteer group to go poke holes through those concrete barricades. It was basically a dam during the flood that not only caused water to get a smidge higher but also created dangerous currents for rescue personnel to cross under the overpasses because water was moving so fast there.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:10 pm to Undertow
Of course not
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:28 pm to BeepNode
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I always thought it would be cool to form a volunteer group to go poke holes through those concrete barricades.
I have thought the same thing. Why have some baws with hammer drills not gone out there and knocked that out.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:57 pm to Undertow
Nothing can be done to stop something like 2016. It's like saying "why doesn't New Orleans do something to stop a category 5 hurricane?" There are a lot of minor improvements to help with 25, 50, or 100 year storms. Not one like 2016.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:07 pm to Undertow
The water backflowed from the Amite. I watched it flowing backwards. If the Amite cannot hold the water, the water cannot drain. So working on drainage will do nothing if it has nowhere to drain to. Unless there’s a project like the Comite diversion which can help the Amite.
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