TNhillbilly

Vicksburg is at 2.31 per the web link I gave on pg1. Subtract the .65 or so for Old river locks and .15-ish for Morganza (didn't take the time to look up the current real values) and that gets you pretty close to the 1.5 number for BR.

Damn, I just came in from doing some spring cleaning on the ole basser boat in preparation for some fishin' in the morning on False River. I thought for a moment I had gone to the AboveTopSecret.com conspiracy theory site (that place is a hoot!). Guess I should scrap the fishin idea and load up the boat with survival essentials for when the levee breaks (or the rapture occurs, whichever comes first).

Beautiful pics Mr Gusto!

Excessive resistance to flow thru the Morganza and Atchafalaya spillways could cause water levels to increase above preductions on the outflow (downstream) side of the Morganza floodway structure. That means the will be less elevation difference between the river side and the spillway side of the structure which means less flow thru the gates. It gets constipated! :lol:

I call BS on whoever the caller was on that radio show. No way the river can go from 1.5 to 1.8, then back to 1.6 in one day. The BR flow rate is in the 1.3's currently per this [link=(link)]https://waterdata.usgs.gov/la/nwis/uv/?site_no=07374000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,72020,63160,00060[/link].
Go [link=(here)]https://waterdata.usgs.gov/la/nwis/current/?type=flow[/link]to pick your favorite gage location.

Been out working in yard all afternoon. Just now saw that the BR crest has been moved up a day to 5/22.
Ms Rvr Forecast Level

I agree....I worried about him all evening. But, he told me that even if he had fallen overboard and gotten washed across the levee the current dropped to nothing 30-40 yds into the forebay and the water was only ~4 ft deep. One of their boats was anchored on the river side at one point. The anchor slipped and the boat went over the levee before they could crank up the outboard. They could not get back (too much current and too much of a climb) to the river side and had to load the boat back on the trailer along the forebay guidelevee and then re-launch on the river side. Damn kids!

scary was poor word choice. More like ominous, Iminent, foregone conclusion, etc

The potato levee is at least a 2-3 miles long. It stretches from the S guide levee to the N guide. The '08 damage was just repaired this past fall. Took a crew with heavy equipment most of the summer to complete.

Wiz, didn't take it as a jab. It's all good. Expected some ribbing with that silly screen name. This place is mild compared to some of my hangouts!