Morganza Spillway
 

Jindal just announced the opening within the next 24 hours. Why 1 will close at 10am and remain closed for 4-8 hours. If you or any family in the way of this water my prayers are with you.

This is sad. I feel for the families and businesses in the path of disaster. Very unfortunate.

It is a very unfortunate event. Prayers to those who will be affected.


Although this is a tragedy, it's an event nature must have; it's how it cleanses itself and allows for new growth. Same principle as wildfires and prescription burning. Nature is cleaning the slate and starting over.

my uncle is evacuating now and we have long time friends in that area. Definitely praying for everyone!

Not good! I know several people that live and have camps in the path,lets pray it does not get too bad.

Forgive my ignorance, but where is all this water coming from?

Snow melting?

Snow melt and record rainfall up north.

All these man made structures will all ways bite them in the Azz!!! Not fare to throw a levee up and let man change mother natures route,,, tell people its safe to build and your not in a flood zone,,,, as man builds levees higher and higher they forget that water that goes over has no path to drain back!!!!

our government at work

If you live where a levee is suppose to protect you or keep water out!!! You can guarantee you will be flooded

W, I live in this area and you are right. If the levee's were not there and the water was allowed to spread out across the land we would hardly notice it.

soo true, I drove over the I10 bridge this a.m. its about 4 or 5 feet from the top of the levee and we are 10 days away from predicted river cresting.

Now they are saying it will open between now and sunday...

Let's see,,,,, Flood New Orleans? Flood Baton Rouge,,, flood Morgan City??

Well Poor New Orleans has to many democrats and they already flooded so will save them

Baton Rouge.. Well they are a huge city that home some of the richest politicians and Our Capital

Morgan City??? Humm what's in Morgan City??? Well nothing I can think of!! Yea let's flood them!!! Ok plan

Prayers sent to the people who will be affected by this

Isn't Morgan City pretty important in the oil & gas industry??

You are so full of bovine fecal matter your eyes are brown! I live in Baton Rouge ,We are protected by levees . You saying we're going to flood ?
get real!

W, you will never outrun your stupidity!!!! Let's see, 1200 acres of farmland and some camps or, Exxon, every plant downstream and 1000's out of a home I'd say, do the math but, to you, 1+1=3! Get real! Stay over there and be the oyster sheriff!

Did you really just say that???? Have you ever looked at the corp of engineers levee system in BR!??? Do you think if a Cat 5 hurricane came right up Baton Rouge Azz it would not flood??? Really????? If you don't think those man made levees can not fail from mother nature!!! Your a fool... Pain and simple

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A "Cat 5" hurricane in Baton Rouge???????????


Where would the water come from, dumbazz? The sky? Lake Charles has never seen a "Cat 5" hurricane.....let alone Baton Rouge.

Man salty you quick

Your education level on this subject is low!!! Read up and do some leg work and you will find very educational documents on how BR could flood!!!!

Popcorn please!!!!!!

Your education level is non existent on every topic you turn into a pissing contest. :spineyes:

You can bet your azz, Mr. Engineer....it won't be from a hurricane.

Nothin gets by you!!!!!!!

I was referring to your post, I think #14. that is the dumbest logic I have ever heard! Yep, our states Capitol. Also, one if the most densly populated areas in the state! To open or not to open has nothing
to do with the govenor's mansion! It has to do with where the main populous(that means the most people) dwells!

Does the "E" stand for Eunice?

The "E" is short for , I know "E"verything!!!!!!!!!!!

I was acting like the government way of thinking....you know sarcastic,,,,

Sarcasm is definitely not one of your traits.

Even if a hurricane came up the mississippi river and it somehow magically was able to keep cat 5 status this far from the coast. Baton rouge still would not flood from the mississippi river. I'll let you figure out why it won't happen. It's really easy.

When I get to my computer I will lay out a map and documents of when and where BR could flood... I'm not talking about New Orleans flooding I'm talking about sections of BR. I read a three page report from the corp two days ago on this!!! I believe they know more than EMaN

One of my relatives lives in Morganza and swears to be dammed that he's going to wait it out.Fool told me he's got his 24 ft Champion tied to the second floor balcony of his home .Fool say's he gonna wait till water get's to the second level of his home then he's drive it till it run's a ground toward's the west.You'll pray for this fool please, and all those that will be affected by this tragedy which will soon un fold right here in our own backyard's.

I hope your relative is safe but I feel his pain. There is nothing worse than leaving your home......for good.:(

I watched my father-n-law after he lost everything to rita. It's very sad to watch somebody you love or know go through this.

This is soooooo out of the realm of possibility......it doesn't even warrant discussion. In the past 40 years or so, only 2 hurricanes have made US landfall as a Category 5. Those are the only ones I remember but I think there was another one about 100 years ago. Contrary to popular belief.....Hurricane Rita was nowhere near a Cat 5. The possibilities of Baton Rouge flooding from a hurricane are probably less than with a tsunami.

W you are by far the dumbest person I have ever encountered in my life, be it real life or the internet. You have no idea what is actually going on. You dismiss a 100 year flood like nothing is going to happen. I could give a shat about what Corp report you have read over the past few days, your thinking is so off base it doesn't even warrant an arguement.

"Chances of Category 4 or 5 hurricanes hitting Gulf location are .03 percent annually." - Louisiana State University

If the chance is only .03% for the Gulf coast........then the possibility for as far inland as Baton Rouge is non-existent.

Please forward me a copy of this report from the COE on how baton rouge will flood from a Cat 5 hurricane. Will make some interesting reading when i have to exercise my recto -optic nerve.

That said on the news they are opening Morganza to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans

hate that these people are dealing with the water and we are about to dry out and blow away in west la, i hope that no one takes this personal but on behalf of the rest of the USA please lock the gates and leave the "animals" this time, i know new orleans has been purged once but that was enuff

Would be good material to wipe with too. :work:

Lol.
W is nasa's disaster management commander.

I remember when he posted on LAS that he had a degree in "petrolium" engineering. Something sounded out of line...even back then. :rolleyes: At one time I actually thought he controlled the flow of oil from the Gulf. :cool:

Advisor to the NWS and NHC.

I'm pretty sure baton rouge has adequate drainage canals and none of them go in to the mississippi, all lead east to bayou manchac or the amite river. as long as the levee holds up we don't have any worries!

pretty sure that if you live in south la, you live behind a levee.

Just saw on the news that they will be opening one bay of the spillway today.

Talked with some friends up that way this morning and yeah, they're gonna open it up today. Two guys I've worked with for years have homes directly in the path of the spillway.