2019 Mississippi River

[CajunNation]

Oh yeah I forgot, If you live in a parish or county that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, I would buy flood insurance. Almost every drainage channel adjacent to the gulf is influenced by tides. If it is influenced by tides then it is probably subject to storm surge. Even some portions of extreme south Lafayette Parish could be subject to storm surge.

Since Rita, if the south wind blows at a decent clip for a couple of days, the ditches fill up with water NORTH of Hwy 14 in Erath.

We get another Rita, I could see the storm surge nearing the parish line.

[ZoomZoom]

Since Rita, if the south wind blows at a decent clip for a couple of days, the ditches fill up with water NORTH of Hwy 14 in Erath.

We get another Rita, I could see the storm surge nearing the parish line.

If I remember correctly, with Rita 90E was closed at Golden Meadow and the port of Iberia due to storm surge.

[HelmutVII]

Since Rita, if the south wind blows at a decent clip for a couple of days, the ditches fill up with water NORTH of Hwy 14 in Erath.

We get another Rita, I could see the storm surge nearing the parish line.

I would believe that. The Vermilion River is influenced by Tides. During periods of low flow it influences all the way up to the Surrey Street Bridge. During periods of moderate flow you can see the tide influence at the La 733 bridge.

[Cajun90]

Since Rita, if the south wind blows at a decent clip for a couple of days, the ditches fill up with water NORTH of Hwy 14 in Erath.

We get another Rita, I could see the storm surge nearing the parish line.

Take a look at the link below for the GOM Slosh model maps. A worst case CAT5 has most of Lafayette going for a swim.

https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Ma...935fad&entry=1

[Turbine]

My house didn't flood in 2016, but I bought flood insurance the next day.

My wife did the same in August of 2016

May have had something to do with so many of the neighbors flooding.

[BeauCajun]

My wife did the same in August of 2016

May have had something to do with so many of the neighbors flooding.

Same with me in 2016. I never even had water in my yard the previous 23 years. About 14 inches in my outside kitchen, garage and bar. It would have had to go up another 24 inches to get into the house. 30 inches of rain in that 24-48 hour span was a lot of water. The river couldn't take that much. And my carpenter thought I was crazy building my house up that high on pillars 26 years ago.

[zephyr]

If you live in Lafayette, look the the ditch next to Prarie Elementary. Nice big concrete structure, full of debris and silt. If your old enough, you will remember the coulee runs under Albertsons and St. Edmond's to drain Orgeron Heights. How much sediment is stuck up under there? That all drains to the river near Dien's Salvage yard (old Lipstick's Club).

The reason I got from LCG for lack of maintenance was the concrete sections in the city are over a foot lower than some of the non concrete parts of network west.

on the flip side, actually a good fishing hole. I've seen guys pull bass and catfish out along there.

Back to the old avatar? LOL

[HelmutVII]

Since we have been dry for a long time the tidal influence on the river is pronounced. You can clearly see a low tide, high tide, intermediate low tide and intermediate high tide every 24 hours. (it will vary slightly).

this is the Vermilion River at 733

[HelmutVII]

this is the Vermilion River at Surrey. you can see that the influence is not as pronounced and is delayed but it is there.

[duggie85]

Went to New Orleans today and I took I10 on the return home. When traveling westbound on 10 across the Pontchartrain, I noticed there was a rush of water coming from the South/left. Assuming that was coming from the MS River??

[jcstewart]

Went to New Orleans today and I took I10 on the return home. When traveling westbound on 10 across the Pontchartrain, I noticed there was a rush of water coming from the South/left. Assuming that was coming from the MS River??

Yes, it's pretty impressive.

[duggie85]

Yes, it's pretty impressive.

I definitely had to do a double take when I saw white caps coming from the tree line haha.