2019 Mississippi River

[billbeck451]

I just wish that Louisiana would divert more water over Baton Rouge and into Louisiana waters instead of dumping all of the water into Mississippi waters which destroys Mississippi's oyster beds and ruins fishing and shrimp harvest for the year, so in reality if Louisiana wants to protect New Orleans they should dump the water into Louisiana waters and impact their fisheries and not straight into Mississippi waters every time.

[CharlieK]

I just wish that Louisiana would divert more water over Baton Rouge and into Louisiana waters instead of dumping all of the water into Mississippi waters which destroys Mississippi's oyster beds and ruins fishing and shrimp harvest for the year, so in reality if Louisiana wants to protect New Orleans they should dump the water into Louisiana waters and impact their fisheries and not straight into Mississippi waters every time.

These structures are controlled by the Corps of Engineers, a Federal agency. Louisiana doesn't control this.

[billbeck451]

just like the Louisiana lobby didnt care that the new levees wpuld cause flooding and push up tidal surges in Mississippi

[CajunNation]

A few miles north of the Old River complex.

pas bon

[CharlieK]

pas bon

Agreed, the rivers come very close to each other just north of the ORCS.

[HelmutVII]

Lots of heavy rain in the mid to upper reaches of the Ohio and Mississippi river this weekend. Looks like more to come this coming week. Big storm moving on to the California coast and will be over the Mississippi river basin later thus week.

[CajunVic]

Status?

[CajunVic]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterfe.A#a68d8973de0b

[HelmutVII]

Water levels look like they are leveling off at all stations between Baton Rouge and Vicksburg. It was predicted to stabilize until the 15th or 16th and then recede. Lets hope that is true. However, as long as storms from the west continue to traverse the upper Mississippi and Ohio river every 5 to 6 days there will still be a threat of flooding. The first indication of flooding will be on the upper Mississippi downstream of the confluence of the Ohio river with the Mississippi . They flood we are not far behind.

[CharlieK]

A little like you did here? Good work.

Sick burn.

Can we move back onto river stages and whether or not Morgan City will exist come July, now?

[HelmutVII]

Big storm to bring blizzard conditions to Denver tomorrow and eventually to the upper portions of the Mississippi river basin. More snow pack to the basin before the end of the week.

[CharlieK]

Great book on this topic:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0.?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[CharlieK]

Cool map from the Fisk report. The Fisk report is the report that triggered the development of the ORCS.

[CajunNation]

Big storm to bring blizzard conditions to Denver tomorrow and eventually to the upper portions of the Mississippi river basin. More snow pack to the basin before the end of the week.

We REALLY need a few weeks of no rain for the river basin before snow melt reaches us.

If we don't dry out, and we get a Tropical system to sit over us for a few days, those levees are toast.

[CharlieK]

From the fisk report:

"Factors which will accelerate the diversionary process are
the frequency of floods or sustained high-water flows through the dis
tributary, continued dredging in the lower Atchafalaya Basin, and a
critical stage of development occurring before the time of 40 per cent
diversion. In connection with this last factor, any sudden increase in
deterioration of the Mississippi channel immediately below the point of
diversion should be interpreted as marking the beginning of the critical
stage. "

Didn't someone mention the rapid rising of the river bed below ORCS recently. One of the pieces of the puzzle. This was written before development of the ORCS, so who knows how long the structures can hold back the river