2019 Mississippi River

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Originally Posted by Cajun90

Didn't take long to have to put the spillway back in service. I was looking at the drought monitor map yesterday and for the first time in an extremely long time Cali didn't have any locations in drought. Just a small section as abnormally dry.

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California i ok for water this year at least. Looks like they opened some more gates. It's really flowing now.

this is a youtube drone video from the California department of water resources made during the opening of the gates. Pretty neat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNy0YAiPk_U

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Have the Nebraska floodwaters reached the Gulf?

So I was in Clearlake today... Space Center Blvd in the median... 2 women trying to flag cars down, crying, yelling jibberish at the passing vehicles. I stopped, dodged some traffic and mad my way to them!! I asked what was wrong?? Exact words: "Dont you know that the world will end in 12 years because of MMGW?" I looked them both in the eyes and said, "get your sssss home and do the dishes, make supper for your husband, and you damned well better have a drink ready for him as he walks in the door!"

How was your day?

What makes ya think they care about some creepy man. Don’t you know everything bad is some mans fault.

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Originally Posted by TheRealZeebart

So I was in Clearlake today... Space Center Blvd in the median... 2 women trying to flag cars down, crying, yelling jibberish at the passing vehicles. I stopped, dodged some traffic and mad my way to them!! I asked what was wrong?? Exact words: "Dont you know that the world will end in 12 years because of MMGW?" I looked them both in the eyes and said, "get your sssss home and do the dishes, make supper for your husband, and you damned well better have a drink ready for him as he walks in the door!"

How was your day?

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Hahahaha....this is a quality post, folks!...

I’m glad this thread came back. I thought I was going to have to saddle up my horse and ride to Baton Rouge to monitor the water level of the Mississippi.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

I’m glad this thread came back. I thought I was going to have to saddle up my horse and ride to Baton Rouge to monitor the water level of the Mississippi.

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He still never responded if he has tried organizing a car-pooling group for work...guess it’s not THAT important

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Have the Nebraska floodwaters reached the Gulf?

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No not yet. it will be awhile.

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

Go to the link below to see the Oroville dam spillway in action. They haven't opened it all the way. They are only going to release about 30,000 CFS right now. It's capacity is 100,000 cfs. As a comparison, the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge is passing 1.3 Million CFS.

http://www.parks.ca.gov/live/lakeorovillesra_spillway


The video may not come up right away as there are lots of people wanting to see this and they will cut you off after a little while.

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correction. they are releasing 8300 cfm right now. web cam is on line 7:00 am to 8:00 p.m pacific time. This is an excellent real life illustration of Bernoulli's theorem. the spillway is 3000 feet long, 300 feet wide and a drop of a little over 600 feet. They estimate that at full flow of 100,000 cfs well over 1,000,000 horsepower could be generated at its base.

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

correction. they are releasing 8300 cfm right now. web cam is on line 7:00 am to 8:00 p.m pacific time. This is an excellent real life illustration of Bernoulli's theorem. the spillway is 3000 feet long, 300 feet wide and a drop of a little over 600 feet. They estimate that at full flow of 100,000 cfs well over 1,000,000 horsepower could be generated at its base.

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The power of water is truly unbelievable.

I could spend hours on Youtube watching all of the videos of the 2011 Japan Tsunami. They did a good job of editing out deaths, but to watch water completely destroy a city in minutes is mesmerizing.

Just try to put your thumb on the end a hose with 60 psi on it to stop the flow. 600 feet corresponds to about 260 psi. The little dutch boy wouldn't stand a chance.

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

Just try to put your thumb on the end a hose with 60 psi on it to stop the flow. 600 feet corresponds to about 260 psi. The little dutch boy wouldn't stand a chance.

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Pretty potent rain today in Abbeville!

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Originally Posted by Boomer

Pretty potent rain today in Abbeville!

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Telephone poles fell on Hwy 14 Bypass by Erath.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Telephone poles fell on Hwy 14 Bypass by Erath.

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........So what is the latest? Still raining here and to the North.....are we past the problems??? Thanks and where is BWK when we need him?

The Mississippi River is still at flood stage at every reporting point on the river. The water levels are receding at the lower reaches but there is still snow melt and normal rains to contend with. There are roads flooded in some portions of St. Martin Parish and they anticipate them to be flooded for some time now. They did a good thing by opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway when they did. I think it lowered the water levels in the river to accept future flows that might have caused a problem later on this spring. Bottom line there will be a threat of flood until late May or early June.

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

What makes ya think they care about some creepy man. Don’t you know everything bad is some mans fault.

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Old Man River ... He don't know nothin.

Another storm to drop rain and snow in the upper Mississippi river valley.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...-week/70007919

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

correction. they are releasing 8300 cfm right now. web cam is on line 7:00 am to 8:00 p.m pacific time. This is an excellent real life illustration of Bernoulli's theorem. the spillway is 3000 feet long, 300 feet wide and a drop of a little over 600 feet. They estimate that at full flow of 100,000 cfs well over 1,000,000 horsepower could be generated at its base.

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I was told there would be no math.

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Originally Posted by AstroCajun

I was told there would be no math.

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Meth. No meth.

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

The Mississippi River is still at flood stage at every reporting point on the river. The water levels are receding at the lower reaches but there is still snow melt and normal rains to contend with. There are roads flooded in some portions of St. Martin Parish and they anticipate them to be flooded for some time now. They did a good thing by opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway when they did. I think it lowered the water levels in the river to accept future flows that might have caused a problem later on this spring. Bottom line there will be a threat of flood until late May or early June.

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https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Media...carr-spillway/

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Originally Posted by Ragin4U

https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Media...carr-spillway/

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https://lsu.edu/river/

Just read Corps of Engineers will be considering reopening the Bonnie Carre spillway. Another high crest for NOLA is forecast for May 11th.

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Originally Posted by Duckster

Just read Corps of Engineers will be considering reopening the Bonnie Carre spillway. Another high crest for NOLA is forecast for May 11th.

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That’ll be the first time it’s been opened twice in a spring flood.