ScottieP

28 day forecast has river above 44 ft in BR on Jun 21. Bonnet Carre usually closes when it get to around 41ft. So maybe mid to late July. [link=(https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ORN&product=ESP&format=txt&version=1&glossary=0)]LINK[/link]...

[quote]They mention towards the end of the article that neither Davis Pond nor the Caernarvon diversions will be opened because salinity levels are already too low. I know the salinity level has a huge impact on oysters, but is that the driving for here? It seems a shame to miss out on the sediment ...

[quote]The real answer OP is a great plumber will use something like 95% pex and 5% copper. As said above there are certainly places like stub outs for shut off valves behind toilets and sinks, mixers in your bath/ shower, etc. where your top plumbers will still use some copper. [/quote] My old m...

[quote]Not all are free baw[/quote] Every single one of the ones currently sitting at home are. Along with most of the ones being forced to work without a check. Don't think those TSA agents calling in sick aren't working other jobs. Cause many are....

[quote]Most are probably not mentally able to attain jobs in the private sector that they FEEL are good enough for them.[/quote] Funny half of my crew has already gotten temporary second jobs in the private sector to pay the bills even after being assured we will receive back pay. Getting 2 chec...

As a fed employee currently on furlough I can just say it sucks. Luckily I'm in a position where I can pay my bills for a few months with out a check, but I have a number of guys I work with that for various reasons can not. These are good hard working people and through no fault of their own are ...

[quote] Rules that only say they have to issue a second notice.. there are no other rules, this is a shutdown furlough not an administrative furlough. they are really struggling to understand this [/quote] [quote]What difference, at this point, does it make?[/quote] Because boy wonder th...

[quote]Engineers, architects, etc don’t make anywhere near what the private sector makes.[/quote] This!! ...

[quote]Threads like this make me wish we would actually shut the whole thing down, without any of this essential/nonessential crap. The reason the inconvenience on the public has been so limited is almost half a million people are just showing up to work for free right now. [/quote] Exactly, I'm ...

[quote]Any word on them maybe opening the Spillway?[/quote] River has been high this fall and early winter but the 28 day forecast doesn't have it getting to flood stage in BR so talks of a spillway opening are way premature. Get a bunch of rain in the Ohio Valley in January and that may chang...