2019 Mississippi River

[Cajun90]

I've spent a good bit of time through the years on vacation or working in Colorado. The Big Thompson canyon flood is something that probably got me interested in weather and floods. I was in the canyon only a few weeks prior to the '76 flood. I've been back numerous times. When you talk about flash floods nothing tops Big Thompson as far as I know. There are actually signs in the canyon that say if you hear the flood sirens go off stop your vehicle and start climbing...…

Point being you don't have to be at sea level or next to a major river to have devastating flood events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thompson_River

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ORS today. Could not get angle to clearly show the flow. Worth the drive. Saw multiple dump trucks in area, running 2 or 3 together. Did not see actual drop offs happening.

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Second shot

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Best shot I could get of flow

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Simmsport Lock, levee against office area.

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Morganza bald eagle nest on west side.

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East side. There is an area where rock was brought in against LA 1 on east side but cannot stop on roadway to get photo.

[billbeck451]

the damage is already done, the salt content at Bay St Louis was .03 last week when it should be .12-.15. The fish spawn is shot and it has killed all of the remaining oyster beds for at least the next couple of years. The shrimp have been moved from the area by all of the polluted fresh water that is flowing through. Once again Louisiana has killed Mississippi just to save the fisheries west of the Mississippi.

[HelmutVII]

Looks like there is another storm off of the Pacific Coast and may be moving inland over the next few days. They will probably open the gates on the Oroville dam spillway next week some time. This is the spillway that failed a couple of years ago. They spent over 1.1 Billion dollars to repair it over a two year period.

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

[Ragin4U]

Looks like there is another storm off of the Pacific Coast and may be moving inland over the next few days. They will probably open the gates on the Oroville dam spillway next week some time. This is the spillway that failes a couple of years ago. They spent over 1.1 Billion dollars to repair it over a two year period.

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

Aaannddd its raining there. BTW that is a massive structure.