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How will the Midwest flooding affect us down here?
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:40 pm
As the snow starts to melt with already massive floods up north and high river stages here, will we see it worse than 2011?
That’s a lot of water to come down through here
That’s a lot of water to come down through here
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Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:41 pm to deltaland
Don’t worry. Louisiana never floods.
ETA: in all seriousness, I wish they were a little less reluctant to open the Morganza spillway. The water was lapping up against the top of the levees in some places before they opened it in 2011.
ETA: in all seriousness, I wish they were a little less reluctant to open the Morganza spillway. The water was lapping up against the top of the levees in some places before they opened it in 2011.
This post was edited on 3/19/19 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:42 pm to deltaland
Crawfish prices will become very volatile
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:43 pm to deltaland
No.
Most of the flow of the Miss. comes from the Ohio river valley, not west of the Mississippi.
For the downvoters...
Most of the flow of the Miss. comes from the Ohio river valley, not west of the Mississippi.
For the downvoters...
This post was edited on 3/19/19 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:43 pm to deltaland
We will be fine
Except the Basin and Morgan City when they open on Morganza bu nobody cares about that
Except the Basin and Morgan City when they open on Morganza bu nobody cares about that
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:44 pm to deltaland
Rampant flooding
The feds will sacrifice everywhere between St. Francisville to LaPlace to save the pulse of Louisiana, New Orleans. SUNO will become the new LSU and St. George will be a beach.
The feds will sacrifice everywhere between St. Francisville to LaPlace to save the pulse of Louisiana, New Orleans. SUNO will become the new LSU and St. George will be a beach.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:45 pm to deltaland
Records are being smashed up there by 4-6 FEET. Just as the crests in 2016 were unprecedented and nobody knew what to expect, same applies here too. They don’t know how all that water is going to affect the river here. Gonna wait and see.
Most likely we will be okay, though.
Most likely we will be okay, though.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:47 pm to deltaland
Not going to push 2011 limits on just the snowmelt. The Ohio River is the biggest driver. 1993 was a legendary flood for the Midwest and Upper Mississippi. Note how we don't talk about it as a huge event on the lower Mississippi.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:47 pm to deltaland
All that flooding looks bad there but as far as volume of water, it’s a small amount compared to what comes from Tenn and Ohio Rivers. Those rivers and streams in Nebraska are shallow and can’t handle much volume at all. It won’t cause the river to rise but will maintain the level.
There is still a lot of snow north of Nebraska and about a month left to watch it while hoping the Tenn/ Ohio valley stays dry
At least that’s the way I understand things
There is still a lot of snow north of Nebraska and about a month left to watch it while hoping the Tenn/ Ohio valley stays dry
At least that’s the way I understand things
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:48 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:
Most of the flow of the Miss. comes from the Ohio valley, not west of the Mississippi.
Looks to me like it all drains to the MS
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:51 pm to deltaland
Look at the design flows.
Even if the Arkansas river tripled its design flow, thats less than the Ohio.
Even if the Arkansas river tripled its design flow, thats less than the Ohio.
This post was edited on 3/19/19 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 3/19/19 at 9:56 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Ah that makes sense. Hopefully we get more dry weeks like this week
Posted on 3/19/19 at 10:06 pm to deltaland
quote:
Looks to me like it all drains to the MS
It does but a lot of those states to the west have very small average rainfall compared to the Ohio River Basin area.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 10:09 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Midwest flooding will increase the price of crawfish.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 10:11 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
The loser here, if any, in Louisiana will be those affected downstream of the Morganza. That is the next step.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 10:38 pm to jimbeam
There is a lot of ground seepage under levees and levee slides happening in places. With big flood levels continuing to apply pressure for up to another month it’s gonna keep causing issues.
Not sure how much of a threat a levee failure is without it being over topped
Not sure how much of a threat a levee failure is without it being over topped
Posted on 3/19/19 at 10:49 pm to NYNolaguy1
I'm still amazed that the Ohio River contributes that % of water to the Mississippi compared to the Upper Mississippi and the Missouri.
Considering the square miles of basins, I guess it goes to show how much more rainfall the Eastern states get over the Upper Midwestern states.
Considering the square miles of basins, I guess it goes to show how much more rainfall the Eastern states get over the Upper Midwestern states.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 11:06 pm to deltaland
quote:
Looks to me like it all drains to the MS
The entire Sahara Desert could also drain in to the Ms river too but it wouldn't mean more water.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 11:08 pm to East Coast Band
Or how many more concrete jungles there are along the flood basin... 
Posted on 3/19/19 at 11:21 pm to deltaland
Who cares? Hope you all drown.
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