<> BREAKING NEWS <> Mississippi River overflow about to destruct all the levees on Atchafalaya River barrier <> List of towns at ris

I'm aware of the risk to Morgan City, but I live in Lafayette...where are you getting your info on Lafayette?

I'm supposed to go on vacation at the end of this month and the only way out is the Basin bridge...I wondered what raging water might do to that looooooooooooong bridge. Anyway it would lap over the top? My husband says no way.

I'm not the OP so not sure of the source for the above information. I'm assuming the links provided. However, I did find this link that talks about the flood of 1927 and Lafayette was used to house over 20,000 flood victims from the surrounding areas.

Inundation of Southern Louisiana

The Atchafalaya River forks away from the Mississippi River at Simmesport in Avoyelles Parish. Though it and its tributaries were lined by levees, they were filled to overflowing, and part of the Mississippi River sought this shorter, straighter course to the sea. Smaller levees had begun to break in northern and central Louisiana in mid-May, but a disastrous break in the Atchafalaya River levee came on May 17 at Melville in St. Landry Parish. River water poured through the breach and began to rush to the south, soon joined by floodwaters caused by a break in a Bayou des Glaises levee to the north of St. Landry, in Avoyelles Parish.

The two floods met just north of Port Barre in St. Landry Parish on May 18. They combined to send an estimated 1.3 million cubic feet of water per second roaring to the south. The flood inundated Arnaudville at the St. Landry-St. Martin Parish line on May 19; Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville in St. Martin Parish two days later; then New Iberia and Jeanerette in Iberia Parish; and Franklin and Morgan City in St. Mary Parish. By the end of May, sixty thousand refugees were either in southern Louisiana camps or receiving Red Cross aid elsewhere. Thousands of cattle drowned and farm crops were wiped out as southern Louisiana turned into a lake 200 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide. It was not until June that the floodwaters began to drain into the Gulf of Mexico

Once again, housing had to be found for tens of thousands of refugees who had no relatives to stay with. The Red Cross and local relief organizations set up tent cities and makeshift housing in Marksville, Mansura, Baton Rouge, Opelousas, Crowley, New Iberia, and elsewhere. Some twenty thousand people were housed at Lafayette alone. Parishes set up “rehabilitation committees” to find food and shelter for the displaced families.

When the water finally subsided, the Red Cross provided seed, tools, and rations to farm families facing the daunting task of surviving the winter and starting a new crop in the spring. Some six hundred prefabricated cabins were sent to St. Martin Parish and more like them elsewhere to temporarily replace destroyed housing. At the end of August 1927, an anonymous Associated Press reporter touring the Teche region was able to write, “Little farmhouses, bearing brown watermarks at various heights according to the depth of the water reached, are once more occupied, and some of the farmers are plowing in preparation for new plantings. A few have crops already growing, and cane and corn are making a brave attempt to put forth fruit despite the late start given them.”

[link to www.knowla.org]

That sucks

Thankyou, I hadn't heard of this. His links did not provide back up data, btw.

VIDALIA — The opening of one spillway and the possible opening of a second south of the Miss-Lou will provide little relief for area residents battling the Mississippi River, levee board officials say.

Fifth District Levee Board President Reynold Minsky said Gov. Bobby Jindal’s decision to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway near New Orleans was meant to help slow down the flow of the water and help facilitate the possible addition of more water from the Ohio Valley.

But the Bonnet Carre opening, scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday, will have no effect on water passing the Miss-Lou.

While nothing is certain yet, Minsky said he does expect Jindal to request that the Morganza Spillway near Baton Rouge be opened to provide additional help with the flow of water.

“If they do open it, it will be toward the end of next week,” he said.

The opening of the Morganza Spillway could have some effect at Natchez and Vidalia — dropping the river level up to a foot, maybe — but Minsky said he wasn’t confident it would drop at all. The effect, if any, would be miniscule, he said.

Louisiana Sheriff’s Association Executive Director Michael Ranatza said if the spillway is open, residents in the area around the Morganza Spillway will have to be evacuated.

“There are 6,000 structures and around 10,000 people that live in that area,” he said.

Minsky said whether Morganza is open or not, he believes the main line levees are strong enough to hold the water.

“We know they are strong and can handle the water,” he said. “I don’t see any reason to worry.”

[link to www.natchezdemocrat.com]

It's POURING in MO/AR....AGAIN!

Heading to Memphis....

[link to radar.weather.gov]

This ..

The Worst Mississippi River Flood Ever?

Please pray for those living along the Mississippi River. They are going to need it. The tornadoes that just ripped through the southeast U.S. are being called one of the worst natural disasters in American history, and now the flooding along the Mississippi River may top the damage done by those tornadoes. In fact, some are now projecting that this will be the worst Mississippi River flood ever recorded since the United States became a nation. You don't believe that? Well, Bob Anderson, an Army Corps of Engineers spokesman based in Vicksburg, Mississippi says that there has "never been a flood of this magnitude on the upper Mississippi".

[link to theeconomiccollapseblog.com]

I think his flood projections in the OP are referring to the possibility of the Old River Control Structure failing and the Mississippi River changing its course. A lot of people are concerned about this and the results would be devastating. Someone posted a worst case scenario of this event written by researchers at LSU in this thread.

Looks like mother nature just 'hocked a loogie' at Memphis?

[link to www.ssd.noaa.gov]

earthqauke west of there, arkansas.

Heehee that's funny! I say "fargin bastiges" all the time I loved that stupid movie. Johnny Dangerously. Very few peeps know that movie.

Why does the radar at about Texarkana look like a circle?

ALOT of Gulf moisture streaming north to feed this storm cell....totally saturates the local doppler radar, the circle shape is formed at the edge of its range.

Great blog with lots of useful links and info:


[link to classic.wunderground.com]

Better Link to the blog:

[link to www.wunderground.com]

They are saying that the crest will over top the Morganza Spillway by two feet. Open or not, the Mississippi is going down that spillway.

No "destruct", the word is destroy, dear.

[link to www.mvn.usace.army.mil]


heres some info on bonnet carre spillway

Incredible how this Thread is not pinned yet!
This event is about to occur and mods are in sleeping mode.
BUMP AND PIN

Is not an error. OP intentionally wrote "destruct" which means:

"an object designed to be capable of destroying itself or the object, system, or installation containing it"

Corps of Engineers designed the Atchafalaya levees to be "destruct" instead of destroyed.

PIN THIS, PLEASE

BUMP

Maybe this is what fema was afraid of! My god it makes perfect sence. (if this panned out to be a worse than expected/worst case scenario) i need to look into that worst case scenario...




Sorry about any spelling mistakes.

Why do councils and governments allow people to build on flood plains and fault lines?

We had this conversation after the brisbane floods, the last bad ones were in 1974 .. only some 35 yrs ago.. what ever possessed the council to allow the building of important infrastructure and homes in areas that they KNEW were flooded on a regular cycle.. its the same in the usa.. why when everyone knows these places are dangerous do people still build there and live there?

And if they choose to live there then why do they get all bent out of shape when the very thing the area is known for (ie in this instance flood) do people then cry and get upset like they didnt know it was going to happen..

I dont understand people.. and dont get me wrong they are the same the world over..

When you build on a fault line or live in a cyclone zone or call a flood plain your home... then why the hell are you surprised or upset when a cyclone destroys your home or an earth quake reduces it to rubble or a flood washes it away.. surely to god you knew what you were in for when you moved there??? Im not a calous person.. but at some point in this worlds evolution people have to start taking responsibility for themselves and the situations they put themselves in..

You might not be able to control everything.. but you can control where you choose to live..

do you have a link for the 2 feet over info

I know Baton Rouge has levee's 47 feet and the crest at 47.5

Couple of things........

This morning Bonnet Carre spillway gets opened.

Morganza spillway Thursday....which they have never opened before btw. I have a BAD feeling about this one.


My brother told me they are also blowing a couple of levees around Morganza either just prior or after the opening of the spillway. Any truth to this??

Also consider this...back in 1927 during the "great flood", the levee systems that are in place now weren't back then. The river overflowed in the northern states and spread the water out over many miles. Since then.......they have built up the levees for protection. However! The Mississippi is now channeled, with little over flowing compared to the 1927 flood. This river is like a raging rocket squeezed in and shooting itself towards the Gulf.

A bullet dead set on a path of destruction.

Not to mention that the melting snow takes 90 days to reach the gulf and it's still snowing in some northen states.

On top of this, the flooded areas could remain this way til July and we are about to head into Hurricane season June 1st.

Can you imagine a massive hurricane hitting us with all this water????????????


Talk about doom.