2019 Mississippi River

[Turbine]

and mine,
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven."

I love that read too. The whole context of chap 3 reinforces the windowed (seasonal) aspect of event timing.

Many think of time as a specific "clock stamp" but WHEN and how seasonal things actually occur is influenced by our actions.

jmo

[HelmutVII]

USACOE has started to close the Bonnet Carre Spillway this morning. The river is on a steady slow decline. This is the first time the River has been this high for so long. It is July 22 and the river has been at flood stage since the beginning of the year. It will be interesting to see how the levees look after the water recedes.

[IberiaCajun]

USACOE has started to close the Bonnet Carre Spillway this morning. The river is on a steady slow decline. This is the first time the River has been this high for so long. It is July 22 and the river has been at flood stage since the beginning of the year. It will be interesting to see how the levees look after the water recedes.

Wow! 7 months! We are entering new territory here.

[IberiaCajun]

Here is an article from Don Shoopman of the Daily Iberian.
He talks about the affect Barry had on Vermilion Bay.
https://www.iberianet.com/sports/out...fc5569b2a.html

[CajunDreDog]

JUST NOW: For the first time since January 5 (212 Days) the Mississippi River gauge at #BatonRouge is below flood stage. #LaWX pic.twitter.com/rgfubGqgEV

— Josh Eachus (@DrJoshWX) August 4, 2019

[CajunDreDog]

The long duration historic flooding of the Mississippi River has come to an end for the Baton Rouge area! The river reading at BTRL1 has reported a flood stage above 35 feet for a record 211 days! Good news: Forecast calls for continued falls through mid-August! #lawx #flooding pic.twitter.com/LKkyrozR8I

— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) August 4, 2019

[HelmutVII]

They need to inspect the levees and repair ASAP. The next flood season is not far away.

[Ragin4U]

https://thecurrentla.com/2019/to-dre...nts-demand-it/

[HelmutVII]

They could make the vermilion river a mile deep. It won't help. They need to make it wider at the top. As Carl Sagan said "the laws of physics are universal and they can not be broken.".

Most of the area south and east of Youngsville drains to the Parc Perdu. Nobody taking about that.

[Ragin4U]

They could make the vermilion river a mile deep. It won't help. They need to make it wider at the top. As Carl Sagan said "the laws of physics are universal and they can not be broken.".

Most of the area south and east of Youngsville drains to the Parc Perdu. Nobody taking about that.

The coulees in my neighborhood at the south end of K Saloom all drain into the Vermilion. Would dredging not allow the river to flow to the Bay faster and move more water downstream faster?

[ZoomZoom]

They could make the vermilion river a mile deep. It won't help. They need to make it wider at the top. As Carl Sagan said "the laws of physics are universal and they can not be broken.".

Most of the area south and east of Youngsville drains to the Parc Perdu. Nobody taking about that.

The end result of dredging is some "poor" landowner will be paid to receive the spoils. The contractor sells the sinkers, and people like me are amused by the number of stolen vehicles that will be recovered.

Went to the meeing at the southside library last night discussing drainage. The Youngsville situation was brought up and the fact a lot of the water east of 90 drains thru Youngsville. Additionally, Vermilion Parish is allegedly against dredging the river.

Allegedly the big problem we have in Lafayette is these rentention ponds that are built are for a 5 year flood event, not 100 year.

I use the word "allegedly" since these were mostly politicians speaking, abet one engineer with hydrological experience.

[HelmutVII]

The coulees in my neighborhood at the south end of K Saloom all drain into the Vermilion. Would dredging not allow the river to flow to the Bay faster and move more water downstream faster?

No. If you have a glass that's half full and you want to put more water in it where is is going to go? The top half right. It's all about water SURFACE elevation. Not depth of flow.