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re: New storm surge study in the Advocate today.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:16 am to BugAC
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:16 am to BugAC
I await the cries of "They never warned us!" when the next inland parish is flooded from a hurricane.
But screw the people that modeled this. They don't know what they're talking about. They're just government shills with an agenda.
Came real close during Isaac. Both Ascension and Livingston saw flooding. Wouldn't have taken much more to back it up in to EBR and go over the banks of the Amite and Manchac.
But screw the people that modeled this. They don't know what they're talking about. They're just government shills with an agenda.
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tell me when we've come even close to flooding here in BR
Came real close during Isaac. Both Ascension and Livingston saw flooding. Wouldn't have taken much more to back it up in to EBR and go over the banks of the Amite and Manchac.
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Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:18 am to BottomlandBrew
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tell me when we've come even close to flooding here in BR
Came real close during Isaac. Both Ascension and Livingston saw flooding. Wouldn't have taken much more to back it up in to EBR and go over the banks of the Amite and Manchac.
betsy..... amite had surge issues....
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:34 am to BottomlandBrew
Seems like an extremely liberal usage of the term "storm surge". However, yes, a combination of storm surge, a slow moving storm with contant winds that keep pushing water further inland, and a prolonged rain event could cause localized flooding like that.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:34 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Baton Rouge is a city in Germany? 
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:36 am to LSUTigersVCURams
We've had Cat-3 storms hit the coast...and it was nothing like that. Not even close.
This is mostly a "worst case" scenario designed to scare people. They released a similar map in Spring 2011 that highlighted everything that would flood if the levees did not exist. It was pointless and unhelpful.
I can see surge backflowing significantly into the Amite and tributaries, but by that point the northsore, New Orleans, Jefferson, LaPlace, and most of lower Livingston and Ascension is already underwater. Extensive rainfall that occurs with these storms is a much bigger flood threat for East Baton Rouge than storm surge.
This is mostly a "worst case" scenario designed to scare people. They released a similar map in Spring 2011 that highlighted everything that would flood if the levees did not exist. It was pointless and unhelpful.
I can see surge backflowing significantly into the Amite and tributaries, but by that point the northsore, New Orleans, Jefferson, LaPlace, and most of lower Livingston and Ascension is already underwater. Extensive rainfall that occurs with these storms is a much bigger flood threat for East Baton Rouge than storm surge.
This post was edited on 2/6/17 at 10:41 am
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:43 am to upgrayedd
quote:There's something odd about this sentence.
WBRP didn't flodd during a 1,000 year storm but a Cat 4 is gonna swamp it?
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:54 am to BugAC
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In what world are these idiots living in?
The one where they do reasearch to reach a conclusion.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 11:12 am to BottomlandBrew
This. Isaac nearly overwhelmed the pumping station in Ascension, which would have resulted in a massive levee failure akin to what happened this past August, except maybe only 3ft instead of 5ft in people's homes.
Thankfully, the additional 2in of rain didn't come then, the levee held, and most of the parish was kept dry, but they came damn close.
Thankfully, the additional 2in of rain didn't come then, the levee held, and most of the parish was kept dry, but they came damn close.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 12:28 pm to BugAC
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How many cat 3 and cat 4 hurricanes have we experienced here, and tell me when we've come even close to flooding here in BR?
I cant think of any hurricanes that have impacted Baton Rouge with Cat 3 or 4 force.
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