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re: So, the Mississippi River is pretty high and rising
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:45 am to GreenTrout
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:45 am to GreenTrout
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get off for noon? We just got the memo.
Which agency? I'm trying to arrange a drink fest and everyone is tied up in Chase, isb, and Claiborne
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:45 am to ThatMakesSense
Hopefully so, most of our food plots are under now!
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:46 am to meauxjeaux2
Nice troll.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:47 am to ThatMakesSense
the reason it's high now is that we are seeing rainfall in the north right now instead of the usual snow accumulation. With this theory, we shouldn't have too high of a spring flood
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:48 am to meauxjeaux2
It is high. I parked right next to it this morning.
But it was much much higher this summer
But it was much much higher this summer
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:55 am to meauxjeaux2
As long as the Amite stays low I am cool.....
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:56 am to meauxjeaux2
Water level at Carrollton gauge is currently at 12.3
Flood stage is 17.0 so its not too bad
With the rain we've had in past 24 hrs is risen approx +0.2'
Flood stage is 17.0 so its not too bad
With the rain we've had in past 24 hrs is risen approx +0.2'
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:57 am to Rebel
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15 feet below flood stage in memphis.
Not for long I don't believe... DUCK Reb...Storms are a comin...........
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:57 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:57 am to LNCHBOX
When does the Corp stop issuing permits? 15 ft?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:58 am to tigersaint07
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the reason it's high now is that we are seeing rainfall in the north right now instead of the usual snow accumulation. With this theory, we shouldn't have too high of a spring flood
Right. Unless winter comes late up North and goes deeper in the Spring than normal.
Either way, the River is highest when whatever comes downstream. Rain, melted snow. It's all the same.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:00 am to torrey225
quote:I believe so. If I remember correctly, you need a waiver for anything over 11, and I believe they stop at 15.
When does the Corp stop issuing permits? 15 ft?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:05 am to LNCHBOX
Can someone please confirm whether or not the OP pic is accurate, or was it from 2011 flood and he's pulling another better mileage from speeding argument?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:45 am to Festus
The pic posted by op shows the additional temporary barriers on top of the levee. They are not there today and they were only used in 2011
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:46 am to Festus
The pic posted by op shows the additional temporary barriers on top of the levee. They are not there today and they were only used in 2011
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:21 am to foj1981
Bump for new article in the OP
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:38 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 12/28/15 at 7:42 am to achenator
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the Army Corps of Engineers has considered opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish -- diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain -- and the Morganza Floodway in Pointe Coupee Parish -- diverting water to the Atchafalaya River. It also has the option of increasing the flow of Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya at the Old River Control Structure in Concordia Parish.
Bye Bye Lake Pontchartrain Speckled trout fishing next year
Posted on 12/28/15 at 8:05 am to X123F45
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On January 20, the Mississippi flood crest is expected to arrive in New Orleans, bringing the river to its 17-foot flood stage in the city, just 3 feet below the tops of the levees. In past years, though, when the river has been forecast to rise to 17 feet in the city, the Army Corps of Engineers has opened up the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, which diverts water into Lake Pontchartrain and keeps the river from reaching flood stage in New Orleans. According to a December 25 article by Mark Schleifstein of NOLA.com, this option will be discussed on Monday at an Army Corps flood "flood fight" meeting, along with the less likely possibility of opening the Morganza Floodway in Pointe Coupee Parish, which would divert water down the Atchafalaya River. Opening this spillway has a considerably higher cost than opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway, due to the large amount of agricultural lands that would be flooded below the Morganza Spillway. The Corps also has the option of increasing the flow of Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya at the Old River Control Structure in Concordia Parish. Operating the Old River Control Structure in this way always makes me nervous, as I explained in my 2011 blog post, America's Achilles' heel: the Mississippi River's Old River Control Structure. Both the Bonnet Carre Spillway and Morganza Floodway were forced to open in May 2011, due to the highest flood crests ever observed on the Lower Mississippi. This flood cost over $2 billion; I expect the damage from the December 2015 - January 2016 Mississippi River flood will run into the hundreds of millions.
LINKPosted on 12/28/15 at 8:19 am to The Cow Goes Moo Moo
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Water level at Carrollton gauge is currently at 12.3
Flood stage is 17.0 so its not too bad
Projected to be above food stage by 1/19
Some thought has been put in to opening Bonne Carre already
This post was edited on 12/28/15 at 8:19 am
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