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re: IF the river were to change course...

Posted by kittie on 5/12/11 at 5:26 pm to Quidam65

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True, but who said anything about driving?

With everything between Lafayette and BR being underwater, you must think outside the box (or levees, in this case). The new SuperCajunDome will have boat slips just like Neyland Stadium.

On the bright side, I'll get to use my kayak to go see a Saints game.

On another note, there is SOME infrastructure this way, the Port of New Iberia comes to mind. Although some (all?) might be under water for a while. I have been curious about the 'worst case scenario' for a while. All the information that I've seen so far has just been along the lines of the Atchafalaya becoming the Mississippi River, but no explanation of exactly how wide, what areas might be under water, etc.

This scenario has been a possibility for decades, but I have yet to see any possible new 'future maps', for example. It's not possible that noone has looked at what will happen in that scenario, so why is this information hard to find?

Just venting, sorry.

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re: Gov Speaking...

Posted by kittie on 5/12/11 at 4:55 pm to tiger91

I'm with you on that.

I think there was a several-week long time lag with Missouri requesting disaster declaration for the tornadoes and the actual declaration. I believe it was finally declared several days after the levee was blown up there. (And yes, I do know they were supposed to blow up the levee as part of dealing with the flood - I'm not THAT paranoid...yet).

I'm a bit nervous, too. 1927 flood hit parts of Lafayette as well, according to the maps. I'm pretty sure Lafayette will be fine, but it's a bit too close for comfort in terms of ORCS and the pressures those 2 structures will be under.

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