2011 Mississippi River Spring Floods

[CajunRed]

If they are now saying 15 feet of water at the slab of the Butte La Rose fire station, that is TWICE what I had understood. If that indeed occurs, that area as we know it will not exist anymore. I have fished that area since 1964. I cannot even imagine 15 feet of water on the ground in that area. That should equate to about 20 feet or more on top of Henderson Lake, which is today at 15.5 or so. That level of water will touch the bottom of the I10 span.

CNN story on Butte Larose:

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011...n.flooding.cnn

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[Bandwagon King]

_ If you are talking about THIS area...the worse case scenario is about to happen.
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I am now afraid you are correct. I need someone with some serious knowledge to tell me how they know the Atchafalaya at Morgan city will only crest at 13.5' maximum. I went down to Calumet Cut this afternoon. as we passed over the bridge you could plainly see the water was passing only 2 feet under the railroad bridge & rising. Once the river level goes even with the railroad bridge. the back up at that point in the drainage system will begin to cause the river to rise at an alarming pace. I have seen this before when the Bowie & Leaf Rivers rose in Mississippi. It caused massive back flooding in some areas that went on for miles.

The beam for the railroad bridge is at least 42" thick & then the highway 90 bridge is another 4-5 feet on top of that. Once the water in the Calumet Cut hits that bridge with the force of water it is now carrying, the Atchafalaya is dead spot on to bottleneck & back up along the outter levee on the West side against Centerville & Franklin & the East side where the levee runs all the way up to beyond Stephensville. While the levee is good up to possibly 21' river stage there, the locks at the Tech are only good up to 15'. I have pictures to prove this.

The level at the Tech locks off the Calumet cut is over 8' now & 15' will breach the locks. I see no way that once the Teche locks are breached that Patterson to Berwick don't go under about 10' of water. I want someone to tell me I'm wrong. I need someone to tell me I'm wrong. Please present explanation with relief points where the river would find another access route to keep this occurance from happening.

[biged05]

The level at the Tech locks off the Calumet cut is over 8' now & 15' will breach the locks. I see no way that once the Teche locks are breached that Patterson to Berwick don't go under about 10' of water. I want someone to tell me I'm wrong. I need someone to tell me I'm wrong. Please present explanation with relief points where the river would find another access route to keep this occurance from happening. _

Calumet cut and a few other structures on the lower end of the basin are below the desired design grade, but we are flood fighting them. Plates have been welded onto most of the gates if not all, and sand bags and hesco baskets are being used to tie the structures into the levees on either side of them.

[CajunRed]

BigEd...this stuff is reeeaallly starting to scare me now.the first estimations seem to have been very much to the low side...and now they are recaculating and revising upwards. Now I am wondering if water will now top the BIG levee at Pat's in Henderson.

Please tell me I am wrong!!

Calumet cut and a few other structures on the lower end of the basin are below the desired design grade, but we are flood fighting them. Plates have been welded onto most of the gates if not all, and sand bags and hesco baskets are being used to tie the structures into the levees on either side of them.

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[biged05]

You're wrong. We will have sufficient freeboard there
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[CajunRed]

You're wrong. We will have sufficient freeboard there
igeaux.mobi

Thank you, Ed. This is freaking me...as I am sure, many others...out.



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[biged05]

_ Thank you, Ed. This is freaking me...as I am sure, many others...out.



igeaux.mobi _

Trust me I know the feeling. My stomach has been in knots for over a week now...just ask my wife!

[Bandwagon King]

_ Calumet cut and a few other structures on the lower end of the basin are below the desired design grade, but we are flood fighting them. Plates have been welded onto most of the gates if not all, and sand bags and hesco baskets are being used to tie the structures into the levees on either side of them. _

Thanks for your honesty, this is not the answer I was hoping for.

I am posting pictures of the Teche flood gate. the top of it is 15' it ties into the levee which rises to 21' on both sides & then has the sand bags on on it. I believe this will be ground zero & the place where a major breech would risk a few thousand hard headed people's lives at risk who are depending too much on their part of the levee system to pass & someone else's to fail.

[HelmutVII]

The first gate was opened today at 3:01 P.M. CST May 14, 2011

[CajunRed]

They're trying to wash us away...

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