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re: 3 consecutive years of starting LSU backs who played pro football
Posted by knorth on 4/5/14 at 9:16 pm to Holden Caulfield
It's wrong that Johnny Robinson was never voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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When asked who he believes has been most snubbed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, hall of fame member Lance Alworth told me, “Johnny Robinson of the Chiefs. He was the best defensive back I ever played against. He’s my man.”
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3 consecutive years of starting LSU backs who played pro football
Posted by knorth on 4/5/14 at 2:20 pm
Recently I was reminded a former neighbor, who played football at Tulane, gave me his LSU scouting reports for 1957-58. At the time my older sister was an LSU student.
From 1957-1959, LSU fielded backfields composed of players who ended up in pro football.
1957
QB M.C. Reynolds, fullback Jimmy Taylor, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
1958
QB Warren Rabb, fullback Red Brodnax, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
1959
QB Warren Rabb, fullback Earl Gros, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
Three members of the 1957 backfield (Taylor, Cannon, Robinson) were subsequently voted to the Pro Bowl during their pro football careers. Jimmy Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Johnny Robinson was a 7-time Pro Bowl player who was nominated six times for the Hall of Fame.
From 1957-1959, LSU fielded backfields composed of players who ended up in pro football.
1957
QB M.C. Reynolds, fullback Jimmy Taylor, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
1958
QB Warren Rabb, fullback Red Brodnax, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
1959
QB Warren Rabb, fullback Earl Gros, halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson
Three members of the 1957 backfield (Taylor, Cannon, Robinson) were subsequently voted to the Pro Bowl during their pro football careers. Jimmy Taylor was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Johnny Robinson was a 7-time Pro Bowl player who was nominated six times for the Hall of Fame.
Continued flooding in areas with tributaries that feed the Mississippi River
Posted by knorth on 5/30/11 at 2:11 pm
The Mississippi River is fed by water from 2 Canadian provinces and 31 states.
If you look at the national map, you can see there's a lot of flooding in areas that feed into the Mississippi, such as the Missouri Basin.
Look where the red yellow and orange zones are located on the U.S. map:
NOAA U.S. map of water levels and flooding
This map shows forecast water levels in the Missouri Basin:
Missouri Basin Flooding
Record snowpack could mean river flooding into July
If you look at the national map, you can see there's a lot of flooding in areas that feed into the Mississippi, such as the Missouri Basin.
Look where the red yellow and orange zones are located on the U.S. map:
NOAA U.S. map of water levels and flooding
This map shows forecast water levels in the Missouri Basin:
Missouri Basin Flooding
Record snowpack could mean river flooding into July
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“The big problem is, there’s just a tremendous snowpack,” Dutcher says. “We’ve seen a real delay in the onset of the snowmelt season in the inter-mountain region and we keep getting upper air lows that sink into the central Rockies and then slowly drift onto the Plains. It’s caused a lot of problems across the Midwest in terms of planting delays and very heavy precipitation.”
re: The Levee System, how it works, and how it can fail. Easy to Read
Posted by knorth on 5/25/11 at 10:38 pm to fightin tigers
quote:But we can't overlook the fact this flooding is unique. Several records for water levels have been broken and there's a sustained high-water situation lasting for weeks,
it can happen any year with a lot less level than what we have now.
1927 is probably the last time conditions were like this. So the current flood control system is being tested unlike any time in the past.
What this means is the USACE needs to continuously monitor the levees for a few more weeks - and we need to avoid any runaway barges that might take out a section of levee.
Thanks for adding those photos.
Has there been any backwater flooding from Lake Palourde?
Has there been any backwater flooding from Lake Palourde?
quote:My experience using discussion forums has been that you get much more useful information from a message thread when the participants focus on the message content instead of making ad hominem attacks on the messenger.
No one is saying that it's only of interest to conspiracy nuts. It's just this guy is a confirmed one.
All the info he cut and pasted above is accurate, doubt anyone would dispute that
re: The Levee System, how it works, and how it can fail. Easy to Read
Posted by knorth on 5/24/11 at 3:08 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan
quote:
You conspiracy quacks are awesome.
Are you actually suggesting that any discussion of levee failures is only of interest to conspiracy theorists?
FYI, here's an excerpt from an Army Corp of Engineers document:
USACE Public Notice
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Seepage that occurs during flood conditions on the Mississippi River needs to be controlled in order to ensure that the levee system does not fail during a project flood event. Seepage could undermine the levee causing it to breach if unabated, and thus pose a threat of flooding to the surrounding lands and residential areas, and so threaten the lives and property of redsidents within the flood areas.
re: No Flow Rates, Levee System failure scenario.. quite possible
Posted by knorth on 5/21/11 at 1:47 pm to shaunmccarron29
quote:The damage to the Old River Control Structure in 1973 was similar to the phenomenon discussed in that video.
You will see that what the real danger lies in the fact that with the Flow Rate being so high for an extended period of time (weeks maybe months), Erosion of the levee system is inevitable.
NOAA report SR/SSD 98-9:
FLOODS ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI: AN HISTORICAL ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
quote:
It was in 1973 that the strain of record high volume flow nearly caused failure of the Old River Control Structure,
Scouring almost caused the failure of ORCS and it's one of the effects that can undermine levees.
Times Picayune, May 5, 2011
quote:
Jindal also said the Corps of Engineers and area levee districts will move into a daily inspection of area levees to guard scouring or sand boils that could harm the integrity of the levees.
quote:Where?
Flow rates are posted around the clock
It's been several days now that the -999 flow rate has been showing for the gauges on the Mississippi River by this National Weather Service web site (water.weather.gov) - for example:
Mississippi River at Red River Landing
re: All those building levees around your homes....question
Posted by knorth on 5/20/11 at 9:27 pm to 10Percenter
quote:
my guess would be most people trying to save their home had no flood insurance.
Times Picayune, May 17, 2011
As Mississippi River floodwaters approach, many homeowners are not insured
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Just 51 of the 560 homes in Krotz Springs are covered by federal flood insurance policies, according to FEMA statistics.
quote:The use of an offshore server and/or an offshore domain could have something to do with jurisdiction issues.
i dont get it why on earth would you not use a regular dot com name, but one from east timor
And there's always the possibiity there are business opportunities in Asia.
The page.ti domain is registered to a German internet company (InterNetX GmbH).
quote:There's more to it than one barge.
Once the water gets high enough it will just go through the woods and around the barge.
Scroll down this thread and you'll find links to the May 13 town meeting in Morgan City. Those videos explain the details of the plan.
quote:You can drill down to the details of this operation by watching the YouTube video (parts 3 and 4) of the Morgan City town meeting on May 13.
But other than the barge all they got is sheet pile and rip rap,right?
Bill Hidalgo, President of the St. Mary Levee District, lays out the details of the Bayou Chene barge plan.
Part 4 begins right in the middle of the explanation so you need to first watch the part 3 video starting at 5:54.
Morgan City Public Info Meeting on 2011 Flood Fight & Potential Impact of Morganza Opening
Part 3
Part 4
Those videos are 13+ minutes in duration.
re: Atchafalaya River level at Morgan City (daily video updates)
Posted by knorth on 5/20/11 at 4:28 pm to Tigerhaven03
quote:His YouTube channel says commercial diving.
what's his job?
LINK ]wheeljobdiving channel on YouTube
quote:You can upload the presentation to Slideshare and post the link to your presentation here.
I was wondering if there is a way to post that on here to show everyone
Slideshare web site
More rains and storms in areas that feed the Mississippi River
Posted by knorth on 5/20/11 at 3:14 pm
Yesterday I saw a forecast map for precipitation and it appeared there will be rain in many areas that feed water into the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Today there are forecasts of rain in the Ohio Valley.
And there's this:
Heavy rains forecast for Mississippi Valley
A week ago there was discussion the Mississippi (and Atchafalaya) would crest around May 24th and remain high for about 10 days before water levels dropped.
Is there still an expectation that will happen if there is widespread rain over the next few days and rivers, such as the Ohio, receive more runoff from a watershed that's already soaked?
Today there are forecasts of rain in the Ohio Valley.
quote:
The Ohio Valley will become the target of drenching thunderstorms on a daily basis into next week, causing unwanted water to funnel downstream into the flood-ravaged lower Mississippi Valley.
And there's this:
Heavy rains forecast for Mississippi Valley
A week ago there was discussion the Mississippi (and Atchafalaya) would crest around May 24th and remain high for about 10 days before water levels dropped.
Is there still an expectation that will happen if there is widespread rain over the next few days and rivers, such as the Ohio, receive more runoff from a watershed that's already soaked?
Metro area levee seepage: Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard
Posted by knorth on 5/19/11 at 3:01 pm
Levee seepage reports for the Metro New Orleans area as of 5/18:
8 in St. Bernard
27 on the West Bank (Orleans and Jefferson)
0 on the East Bank (Jefferson)
3 on the East Bank (Orleans)
Metro area seepage reports
8 in St. Bernard
27 on the West Bank (Orleans and Jefferson)
0 on the East Bank (Jefferson)
3 on the East Bank (Orleans)
Metro area seepage reports
Mississippi River Environmental Report Card
Posted by knorth on 5/17/11 at 1:03 pm
The increased flow of the Mississippi River means it is carrying more suspended and dissolved materials, such as pesticides, nutrients and heavy metals.
Since this is an unprecedented event, it's undoubtedly time for Louisiana Fisheries to repeat this analysis.
Mississippi River Environmental Report Card
Since this is an unprecedented event, it's undoubtedly time for Louisiana Fisheries to repeat this analysis.
Mississippi River Environmental Report Card
quote:What about 1974? Was that a good crawfish season?
In 73 we picked 3 sacks off the ground with out a net or bait
ABC tested the water in Memphis and found the Mississippi floodwaters contain toxins and fecal coliform bacteria, such as E.coli.
The question is whether this water is more toxic than the water in '73 that flooded the Atchafalaya Basin. If so, will it affect the crawfishing industry?
Heavy Metals in the Mississippi River
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Heavy metals are released to the Mississippi River from numerous sources. Typical sources are municipal wastewater-treatment plants, manufacturing industries, mining, and rural agricultural cultivation and fertilization. Heavy metals are transported as either dissolved species in water or as an integral part of suspended sediments. Heavy metals may be volatilized to the atmosphere or stored in riverbed sediments. Toxic heavy metals are taken up by organisms; the metals dissolved in water have the greatest potential of causing the most deleterious effects.
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Millions of tons of fertilizers and pesticides are applied to croplands every year. Cultivated soils can become enriched with toxic metals associated with these applications. Although the concentrations may vary between specific formulations, many of these fertilizers contain chromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, and zinc. Selected pesticides use heavy metals such as mercury as an integral component. During the late spring and early summer, after fertilizers and pesticides have been applied, the runoff from rain flushes these contaminants into the Mississippi River.
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Uranium dissolved in the Mississippi River comes, in large part, from phosphate fertilizers applied to croplands.
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Copper dissolved in the Mississippi River comes mostly from industrial and municipal wastewaters.
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The transport of dissolved uranium downriver depends on water discharge as well as on the concentration of the element in solution. Transports usually are greater during high-flow periods ...
The transport of dissolved copper in the Mississippi River, like that of dissolved uranium, varies directly with the water discharge.
quote:In the Houston area people were stealing generators after Hurricane Ike.
What's there to loot?
Some parts of Harris County were without electricity for 2-3 weeks.
quote:That is incorrect.
these stations don't have flow gauges, only water level height.
In earlier posts here I was including a link for the data from Red River Landing. It included height and flow.
Perhaps there's been a decision not to release the flow data any longer.
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