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Old 08-30-2012, 10:46 AM
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The dam has failed on Lake Tangipahoa. They are evacuating everyone living around the lake and down stream. Prayers sent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 08-30-2012, 10:58 AM
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the dam has failed on lake tangipahoa. They are evacuating everyone living around the lake and down stream. Prayers sent!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes prayers sent
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Old 08-30-2012, 11:03 AM
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100ft breech in an dirt dam....gonna get bigger

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Old 08-30-2012, 11:17 AM
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100ft breech in an dirt dam....gonna get bigger

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X2, just heard on the radio that they are telling people to get the hell out of dodge.
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Old 08-30-2012, 11:28 AM
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Old 08-30-2012, 11:33 AM
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Mandatory Evacuation of all residents who live w/in one mile of the tangipahoa river on either side in tangipahoa parish.
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Old 08-30-2012, 11:54 AM
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so how deep was the break? How tall is the structure anyway??
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Old 08-30-2012, 02:42 PM
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The river is very high; we live about 2 miles from the bridge her n loranger.
There are actually 3 places where bridges cross the river in loranger.
Many friends and family members have been evacuated due to the rising water.
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It has not failed..... They are fixing to breech it to take approx 8' of water off lake before the whole structure fails. 8' won't make much difference in river level. If whole structure fails it'll be bad!

Evac is half mile on each side
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:37 PM
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It has not failed..... They are fixing to breech it to take approx 8' of water off lake before the whole structure fails. 8' won't make much difference in river level. If whole structure fails it'll be bad!

Evac is half mile on each side
That's what I heard on the radio. They said it did not fail but did suffer some damage.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:44 PM
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Hey guys, is this the Percy Quinn Park near McComb? I'm tryin' to visualize exactly where they're talkin' about.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:48 PM
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:51 PM
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Here you go Salty. Hope this helps.
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Old 08-30-2012, 06:15 PM
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They started the controlled drawdown; hope this works.
Lots of homes, business & schools in the flood area.
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Old 08-30-2012, 06:15 PM
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And it's been stormin again for the past 1.5 hours...... Don't know how much more water we can handle.
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Old 08-30-2012, 06:42 PM
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So sad. That is a crazy beautiful piece of land all around that area.
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Old 08-31-2012, 07:05 AM
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Prayers sent
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Old 08-31-2012, 10:16 AM
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We go camping a few times a year at the state park up there. Reall nice lake
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