2019 Mississippi River

[ZoomZoom]

If the Old River Control Structure were lost........

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/If...en=cat6-widget

Good read until “climate change”.

[HelmutVII]

Due to the heavy rains we had yesterday and the continued high water due to higher than normal flows in the Atchafalaya Rier.

https://kpel965.com/voluntary-evacua...martin-parish/

and more severe weather in the great plains heading to the mid west. All in the Red Rier or Mississippi river basins. All of it eventually flows through Louisiana.

[ZoomZoom]

That last sentence of yours is a downright scary thought.

Yes sir it is. Drove thru Butte LaRose this weekend. Water along roadway in many spots between pontoon bridge and levee.

[NewsCopy]

The last time the Mississippi River was this high for this long, it prompted the federal government to build the modern levee system.

The river has been in flood stage for months, and on Tuesday, will hit 136 days in flood stage at Baton Rouge, breaking the record set in 1927.

What's more, the river is still in major flood stage and rising, though held in place by the levees. Meteorologists say they expect it will stay in flood stage "well into summer."

The rest of the story

[CajunVic]

Its time for this thread to go back to current reports on the State of the River.

[Turbine]

Meanwhile ...

Ole Man River keeps rolling along.

[HelmutVII]

Severe weather continues in the Mississippi river basin.

[CajunNation]

History shows again and again how Nature points out the folly of men.....

[CharlieK]

Severe weather continues in the Mississippi river basin.

In your opinion how much of a concern is the extended length of this high water and it's affect on the levee system integrity?

[HelmutVII]

In your opinion how much of a concern is the extended length of this high water and it's affect on the levee system integrity?

It certainly is not good. the levees can get saturated and slough off or fail. Most of the lower Mississippi river has been above flood stage since the first of the year.

[Turbine]

It certainly is not good. the levees can get saturated and slough off or fail. Most of the lower Mississippi river has been above flood stage since the first of the year.

Just my scientific observations of water flow in ditches near my house, when the grass dies, the dirt is history.

[HelmutVII]

Most of this. In the Mississippi river basin.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hern-Plai.html