river is coming up

[adamsfence]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_855242.html

[Montauk17]

Been reading about this....hopefully the levees hold. Fishing in ver bay area is shot!

[PUREBAY2200]

Could b bad... Let's pray them levees work and the crews get done what needs to b added.

[southern151]

Dang man, the giant is snoring right now. Was just out there a few days ago and it's back down inside the banks at this point.

[wtretrievers]

Just got in from the camp in Miss a little while ago, went & emptied the refrig, they are suppose to pull the plug on the elec when the river hits 52' at Natchez....... Highest I've ever seen it there was about 57' they are expecting it to hit 60-61' at Natchez! My camp is in the clear being on the side of a big ridge, pulled up & my camp yard looked like a boat lot! Everyone was pulling their boats up to my place. My dads camp sits down the hill from mine & 60' will put it on his porch.

This thing could get bad.........Hope the levees hold......Baton Rouge & down the river should be really nervous about this.

[Salty]

N'Awlins is protected to 20'. The river is expected to reach 17.5 at the Carrolton gauge.


DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!


J/K

[eman]

The gubmint has evacuated the town of cairo illinois and is preparing to blow the levee there. All that stands in their way is the US supreme court. When ya think it will go boom?

[longsidelandry]

The government will do everything in it's power to not let New Orleans flood again, whether that means letting other cities flood or not. I've heard that they're fixing to open up the Morganza spillway, anyone else hear this? It hasn't been opened since the 70's.

[wtretrievers]

They better look at every option they can, predicting 60' at Natchez, ol man that lives at the camp showed me 58' water mark.....you couldn't imagine! I looked at him & said NO WAY! UNBELIEVABLE!

[BIGJ]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

The government will do everything in it's power to not let New Orleans flood again, whether that means letting other cities flood or not. I've heard that they're fixing to open up the Morganza spillway, anyone else hear this? It hasn't been opened since the 70's.

Opening the Morganza spillway is the last resort. It will get alot worse before this happens.

[eman]

Bonnet carre they will open. Morganza only as a last resort. It would have to be a risk of emmenent levee failure

[Gerald]

They should be opening the flood gates NOW to get rid of as much water as possible. This MIGHT keep the water level a little bit lower when the crest gets down to Louisiana.

If I remember correctly..... normally 1/3 of the Mississippi river water is allowed to flow into the Atchafalaya river. Maybe that amount could be inceased now and the Morganza flood way would not have to be opened. All water from both of these places goes south to Morgan City....... and if too much water is sent that way, it could/would flood the city.

This almost happened back in '73 when the Morganza flood way was opened. Most or all [I don't remember] of the gates were closed after several days when they realized Morgan city was about to be flooded because there was just too much water doing down the Atchafalaya Basin.

[The Sportsman]

Originally Posted by Gerald

They should be opening the flood gates NOW to get rid of as much water as possible. This MIGHT keep the water level a little bit lower when the crest gets down to Louisiana.

Ive always agreed with this. I dont know why they dont do it in advance. Bonnet Carre should be open by now imo

they can only divert so much water down the atchafalaya. it was at 7' a couple years ago and was only feet from the top of the levee... i couldnt imagine it at 10' like it was in 1973.

Do yall think opening Morganza is a mistake? it has always been my opinion that opening it again would be a huge mistake with the river wanting to go down the atchafalaya.

[duckman444]

The morganza spillway has been opened since the 70's. Don't remember the exact year but it was in the 90's sometime.

[The Sportsman]

Originally Posted by duckman444

The morganza spillway has been opened since the 70's. Don't remember the exact year but it was in the 90's sometime.

not according to the history books... it was only opened once in 1973

[duckman444]

Originally Posted by The Sportsman

not according to the history books... it was only opened once in 1973

They need to reupdate them. It wasn't fully opened but it was partially opened. Enough to flood everything. And make la 1 look like a island.

[meathauler]

I just saw a web site that showed the river going over the levee in Missouri at 2 PM. How do you copy a link and post it on here.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by duckman444

The morganza spillway has been opened since the 70's. Don't remember the exact year but it was in the 90's sometime.

Here is a link to information on the Morganza spillway:

http://www.johnweeks.com/river_missi...s/lmiss24.html

It says:

The Morganza Floodway has never been used as planned to protect New Orleans. A flood that large has not yet happened since the project was finished in 1954. The structure was opened once, however, in 1973. While that was during a major flood, the reason for opening the structure was to take the pressure off of the Old River Control Structure just upstream. The main dam in the Old River Control project was crumbling, and if it failed completely, the Mississippi River would have changed course right then and there. The Morganza Floodway drained off enough water and the Old River Control Structure held, saving the day

I had forgotten the reason that it was open back in'73. Can you imagine what would happen if the Old River control structure failed and got washed away when the river was at a very high level.

[wtretrievers]

Stages have been updated....Baton Rouge is now predicted at 47.5' on May 21. Natchez is now updated to 65'. Yesterday Natchez was suppose to crest at 60'. Levee at BR is 48'
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/quickbrief.php

[eman]

Going to be cutting it to close at 47.5'. they will be evacuating angola b4 then . bring em down here to fill sand bags.