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re: Person found dead in pile of abandoned vehicles near Mall of La. after overnight flooding
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:39 pm to Horsemeat
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:39 pm to Horsemeat
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Amazes me how many times people have been warned about driving on flooded roads yet they continue to do it.
Those railroad bridges aren’t just flooded roads. They become lakes. It takes a special kind of stupid to drive into those spots on Acadian and Bluebonnet.
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Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:40 pm to The Boat
I work in insurance. I know EXACTLY why they do it
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:43 pm to The Boat
quote:nola too, how many millions were spent on a pumping station for ONE ponchartrain distressway underpass?
I don't get why BR drivers drive their cars into the flood waters under the railroad bridges on bluebonnet and acadian every time it floods. Everyone knows it floods there and it's not just a few inches of water. It's feet.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:45 pm to OWLFAN86
look at the grass line on the levee, all those cars pictured were completely submerged there
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:46 pm to The Boat
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Those railroad bridges aren’t just flooded roads. They become lakes. It takes a special kind of stupid to drive into those spots on Acadian and Bluebonnet.
careful, can't call them stupid if they die
bunch of soy's in here
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:50 pm to LSUBoo
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Plus when a lot of rain falls in a short amount of time, there's no such thing.
It would help if they cleaned the ditches, creeks, canals, bayous and rivers.
The concrete canal next to us is half full with dirt and bushes. Our water hit higher than it did in 2016.
Every rain washes more dirt, debris and trash into the drainage system leaving less and less room for water. It’s a parish wide issue that isn’t being addressed properly.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:50 pm to keakar
quote:and I'm sure they could see that there was not enough room between water and bottom of over pass would show most beings with opposable thumbs.. DON'T enter.
look at the grass line on the levee, all those cars pictured were completely submerged there
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:52 pm to Sev09
Maybe you can't get out of the car is submerged. The glass is tough. That's terrible
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:54 pm to choupiquesushi
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and I'm sure they could see that there was not enough room between water and bottom of over pass would show most beings with opposable thumbs.. DON'T enter.
Did you ever consider this was a flash flood?
I.was in the area and it happened very quickly
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:54 pm to Boo Krewe
quote:Ive seen it in NOLA, the cars float for a bit....
Maybe you can't get out of the car is submerged. The glass is tough. That's terrible
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:54 pm to Adam4LSU
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careful, can't call them stupid if they die
bunch of soy's in here
I mean you can say whatever the hell you want.
I still show compassion for people who have passed on, and their families as well.
Death is death
Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:57 pm to Fusaichi Pegasus
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:00 pm to PsychTiger
Same here. Keep it handy in the car at all times. Hopefully never have to use it.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:01 pm to Fusaichi Pegasus
That is a shitty way to go out
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:08 pm to Emteein
That meme is amazingly true. They act like the bluebonnet underpass doesn’t exist. They didn’t have it blocked off last night. A WAFB camera man was out there stopping traffic at 1 am.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:34 pm to Martini
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I had 19” of rain between 3:00 pm and about midnight
Shite
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:42 pm to A Smoke Break
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still show compassion for people who have passed on, and their families as well.
Especially because this is sort of a regional message board. Someone here likely knew the deceased.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 1:45 pm to doubleb
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It would help if they cleaned the ditches, creeks, canals, bayous and rivers.
The concrete canal next to us is half full with dirt and bushes. Our water hit higher than it did in 2016.
Every rain washes more dirt, debris and trash into the drainage system leaving less and less room for water. It’s a parish wide issue that isn’t being addressed properly.
Concrete canals are typically terrible for drainage because they don't absorb nearly as much.
Regardless, "adequate drainage" is all relative, there will still be an amount of water that can fall in a short enough time to overwhelm it.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 2:09 pm to LSUBoo
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Concrete canals are typically terrible for drainage because they don't absorb nearly as much.
Concrete canals are designed to move water quickly. They also should be easier to maintain. The hardly absorb any water, but realistically does it make much difference?
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Regardless, "adequate drainage" is all relative, there will still be an amount of water that can fall in a short enough time to overwhelm it.
There’s no question that a rare rain event will overwhelm any system; however, it’s common sense. If a ditch is ten foot deep and clean it can handle more water and act as a conduit for more water than the same ditch with five foot of dirt covering the bottom.
Cleaner ditches and canals and rivers could speed drainage, and hold more water in an extreme event. If it lowered the water levels a foot along Claycut Bayou, Jones Creek and Dawson Creek that couldn’t hurt right?
Posted on 5/18/21 at 2:11 pm to The Boat
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That meme is amazingly true. They act like the bluebonnet underpass doesn’t exist. They didn’t have it blocked off last night. A WAFB camera man was out there stopping traffic at 1 am.
Did people see any coos out in the emergency? I didn’t see any when I moved around the city this morning even though several signals were down. Shouldn’t someone be out enabling traffic to flow safely?
This post was edited on 5/18/21 at 7:44 pm
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