URGENT: Immediate, mandatory evacuation for area between Locks 1 and 2 on Pearl River

[BananaTom]

http://www.wwltv.com/news/northshore...168268976.html

St. Tammany Parish EOC calling immediate and mandatory evacuation for area between Locks 1 and 2on the Pearl River Diversion Canal and South to highway 36 between Bush and Hickory.

"Failure of Lock 2 is imminent," says a statement from the EOC.


The area covers Bush to the north, Hickory to the south and east of Highway 41, according to Suzanne Parsons, the public information officer for St. Tammany Parish.

[simplepeddler]

Damn........this thing is never going to stop

[swamp snorkler]

Nightmare after nightmare. Hope everyone gets out of there, I really hope the officials are wrong and the locks hold up.

[wetaline]

They're doing a reverse 911 since there's no time to go door-to-door.

[LPfishnTIM]

wow, thats jacked up! the lower pearl has to be high water right now too so this water has no where to go but outward on to land.

[eman]

Them high dollar locks , levees and flood gates are doing real good to keep the water out of the bowl. Guess it has to go somewhere?

[BananaTom]

The Lock Held, no loss of property on this one!!

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by BananaTom

The Lock Held, no loss of property on this one!!

That's good news...