2019 Mississippi River

[HelmutVII]

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

[CajunVic]

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[Turbine]

Have the Nebraska floodwaters reached the Gulf?

[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?

[CajunEXPRESS]

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

[CajunJeaux]

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?

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

[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.

[CajunJeaux]

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.

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

[HelmutVII]

Have the Nebraska floodwaters reached the Gulf?

No not yet. it will be awhile.

[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.

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.

[CajunNation]

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.

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.

[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.