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re: The Great Flood of 2016: Fill Out Disaster Forms NOW. Link Inside!
Posted on 8/15/16 at 4:59 pm to grape nutz
Posted on 8/15/16 at 4:59 pm to grape nutz
Has anyone driven between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in the last day on Airline? Is it passable? How much time did it take? Thanks.
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 4:59 pm to biggsc
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:00 pm to biggsc
DONNA BRITT NEEDS TO SHUT UP
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:00 pm to tigerskin
quote:
Can anybody answer my question about I-12 because I can't tell from that fricking map?
can you repeat?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:00 pm to buffbraz
quote:well, by the watermarks on my cabinets and walls I would say it's dropping. But, like I said it gets deeper the further you go down toward Old Hammond.
Is it falling on Ponderosa or holding steady? Need to try and get by the Mobil as soon as cars can pass.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:00 pm to Jarlaxle
quote:
can you repeat?
He wants to know about 12 East from Walker to Madisonville.
ETA: tigerskin, I didn't answer because I don't know
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:01 pm to grape nutz
I'm off of hwy 929 behind the Prairieville Park softball field. Water is dropping and has been for about the last 3-4 hours. Henry Rd. should be dropping also. Just passing this on. Thanks to all those that posted through this event. I was up late last night/this morning reading all the updates. You guys were great a few weeks ago through the shooting and now this. It means so much to those of us who are mostly lurkers. Thanks again and I hope everyone stays safe
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:01 pm to Jarlaxle
Is I-12 open from Walker to Madisonville? I know the other direction is closed.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:02 pm to burdman
looks like you have to take 190 to 55 then south to hit the 12
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:02 pm to c on z
quote:Today. About 12 pm
When was that pic taken?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:02 pm to gumbeaux
quote:
And you are right, the more concrete and asphalt the *faster the* runoff.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:03 pm to rds dc
Fun fact - for an event that has a 1/100 chance of occurring, like a 100 year flood, any location on earth is 26% likely to experience such a flood 2 times in 100 years and 8% likely to experience it 3 or more times.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:05 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Also, more runoff....
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:06 pm to papasmurf1269
quote:
papasmurf
How did you get there from your house?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:07 pm to Bugsdad
Water in the lakes and ponds at Keystone of Galvez have been pretty steady the last 2 hours. Looks like the lake level in middle lake by the bridge may have even dropped a slight bit.
The lakes/ponds are all connected to Bayou Henderson so hopefully this means relief is on the way for people near the bayou.
The lakes/ponds are all connected to Bayou Henderson so hopefully this means relief is on the way for people near the bayou.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:08 pm to tke857
May be a dumb question, but was there a significant enough amount of rain north of Louisiana to create problems for us later this week as stuff drains?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:09 pm to doubleb
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I think this term "100 year flood" gives people a false sense of security and can impact sound financial decisions as well as immediate decisions such as when to evacuate, etc.
We were told that the 77 flood was one in a 100 years, 1983 was one in 500 years and now we have this one which made the 77 flood look like a baby.
Could we see worse? I think we can especially if we had s strong SE fetch from the GOM holding up the outflow of the Amite River.
Yes, this rainfall was an unusual event, but it wasn't entirely unprecedented. It's the Gulf Coast, and it rains a lot. Sometimes it rains torrentially.
In 1977,much of EBR, LP, and AP was low lying palmetto and hardwood bottomland. Nobody cared if it flooded. And, this is the important part, it held water to soak in or drain off slowly. 40 years later, a lot of that land is taken up by subdivisions and strip malls. It changes the dynamic entirely.
A few developers have gotten rich, and tens of thousands of people live in zones that are at higher risk of flooding than they ever anticipated. This is the part no one wants to talk about as yet. Maybe it will lead to a discussion about land-use planning in Louisiana, one that we've never had before. I'm not holding my breath.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:09 pm to tke857
can anyone give a bluff Rd update?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:09 pm to sherrifftaylor
Plank to 64,Joor to Sullivan,Central Throughway to Fla Bvd. All clear west down Fla Bvd until Ponderosa. There was water on past there.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:10 pm to supernovasky
Update: Bluebonnet btw Burbank and Highland still full of water and possibly very slowly rising.
Burbank to Nicholson : dry
East boyd: couple pockets of water, nothing major.
Best part: Siegen/Burbank and Highland is starting to recede. Very very slowly but clear signs of receding.
Burbank to Nicholson : dry
East boyd: couple pockets of water, nothing major.
Best part: Siegen/Burbank and Highland is starting to recede. Very very slowly but clear signs of receding.
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