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re: Morganza Spillway may or may not open for a 3rd time -- lack of clear info from ACoE
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:18 pm to PipelineBaw
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:18 pm to PipelineBaw
I did read where is going to be at a slow rate at first to allow for the animals to leave. 
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Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:19 pm to Tester1216
I remember my great grandpa talking about the 73 flood and they just let those baws setup right there on the levee and shoot anything that came running out
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:21 pm to PipelineBaw
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:41 pm to Tester1216
Is it worth the drive from BR to go see them open it?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:41 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
absolutely
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:42 pm to PipelineBaw
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I remember my great grandpa talking about the 73 flood and they just let those baws setup right there on the levee and shoot anything that came running out
Hogs and varmints, yes. Deer, no they didn’t.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:43 pm to LaBR4
We should have an OTGT at The Spillway Bar
Posted on 5/27/19 at 4:12 pm to PipelineBaw
Wildlife and fisheries will have green jeans protecting and watching the levees
Posted on 5/27/19 at 4:18 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
I own a camp in Butte LaRose. There's so much more water this time than last time.
It's screwed.
It's screwed.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 4:24 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Hogs and varmints, yes. Deer, no they didn’t.
I figured they would have had some sort of rules in place.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 4:28 pm to TigerGman
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I own a camp in Butte LaRose. There's so much more water this time than last time.
It's screwed.
Yeah the problem is it’s been building and has been higher longer than in 2011
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:59 pm to tgrbaitn08
Bump for new WWL story. Not much new info though. As usual, td was a better source of info than the news.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:06 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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The river wiill beat the ACOE one day.
lol
Posted on 5/28/19 at 5:16 am to TigerGman
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I own a camp in Butte LaRose. There's so much more water this time than last time. It's screwed.
I was out there Sunday. I've never seen the canal that high.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 6:13 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Is it worth the drive from BR to go see them open it?
Yes and no. I drove up there in 2011 and was turned away. Luckily, I talked a media person into letting me go with him at a local gas station.
Without that kind of luck, you won't be able to see much.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 8:51 am to TIGERSandFROGS
Did I hear this correctly, they are opening the Morganza to around 150,000 cubic feet per second which is 1/2 of what they did in 2011?
Seems as though there is more water coming down this time around?
Seems as though there is more water coming down this time around?
Posted on 5/28/19 at 8:55 am to tgrbaitn08
There isn't quite as much as in 2011 but it is apparently high enough to threaten to overtop the spillway structure. In 2011, it was going to get above set limits for Baton Rouge.
So they're not going to need to keep it at 45' in BR, since it should never get to that point, just keep the river from overtopping the structure.
That's my understanding of the situation at least.
So they're not going to need to keep it at 45' in BR, since it should never get to that point, just keep the river from overtopping the structure.
That's my understanding of the situation at least.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 9:03 am to Duke
Right. Compared to 2011 there isn't as much water coming down which is why the levels aren't as high as back then (about a foot lower this time around). The difference this time as opposed to last time is the amount of sediment at the bottom of the river. It has increased enough to raise the riverbed so high that it takes less water to threaten overtopping the Morganza structure than it did ever before.
This is going to become the biggest talking point after the current waters go down to below flood stage. What has been feared in the past is beginning to occur - the riverbed is silting up so much that it takes less and less water to threaten lives and property. I'd imaging the current flood is depositing tremendous amounts of new silt as well, resulting in an even higher river bed.
Dredging is going to HAVE to happen if government is serious about correcting this problem.
This is going to become the biggest talking point after the current waters go down to below flood stage. What has been feared in the past is beginning to occur - the riverbed is silting up so much that it takes less and less water to threaten lives and property. I'd imaging the current flood is depositing tremendous amounts of new silt as well, resulting in an even higher river bed.
Dredging is going to HAVE to happen if government is serious about correcting this problem.
Posted on 5/28/19 at 9:04 am to Duke
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t, just keep the river from overtopping the structure
That’s my understanding as well
Posted on 5/28/19 at 9:04 am to Duke
Nm
This post was edited on 5/28/19 at 9:05 am
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