2011 Mississippi River Spring Floods

[RaginCajun77]

Watch KATC's newscast tonight...very important update on the Corps flood time table & inundation-water rises a lot sooner than expected.
TweetDeck • 5/13/11 9:47 PM

Posted by Rob Perrillo on Twitter


igeaux.mobi

[cjr3888]

Gauges have been put up on the levee. Bayou Benoit's gauge is at about 6 inches. At the pontoon bridge in Butte Larose, the water hasn't reached the gauge yet but it won't be long. The basin is rising about 6 inches per day right now and that will double once the Morganza is opened.

Bad thing is the flood and damage. Good thing is this will clean out the basin of the hydrila and other plants taking over. Also, we will have tons of crawfish available. Plus, we are prepared to open a shipping port in Coteau Holmes if the river takes it's natural course.

[cjr3888]

This is Bayou Benoit Landing today (5/13/11). The water has reached the bottom of the levee.

[cjr3888]

_ Watch KATC's newscast tonight...very important update on the Corps flood time table & inundation-water rises a lot sooner than expected.
TweetDeck • 5/13/11 9:47 PM

Posted by Rob Perrillo on Twitter


igeaux.mobi _

For anyone who missed it, the Corps now expects the water to come around the inner levee in Butte Larose sooner than expected and go up towards Krotz Springs within 30 hours instead of days.

[CajunDreDog]

I'm starting to get REAL worried about all of this. What if a "what if" situation happens in the BR area? We already know that the basin is going to flood and that sucks. I'm just babbling on due to stress about all of this.


igeaux.mobi

[TravlnCajun]

_ I'm starting to get REAL worried about all of this. What if a "what if" situation happens in the BR area? We already know that the basin is going to flood and that sucks. I'm just babbling on due to stress about all of this.


igeaux.mobi _

You might have a real long trip to the football games this fall

[cjr3888]

_ I'm starting to get REAL worried about all of this. What if a "what if" situation happens in the BR area? We already know that the basin is going to flood and that sucks. I'm just babbling on due to stress about all of this.


igeaux.mobi _

Think about the positives, like how much I can pump into RCAF once I make millions with my shipping port in the NEW Mississippi River.

[beavis11]

I'm starting to get REAL worried about all of this. What if a "what if" situation happens in the BR area? We already know that the basin is going to flood and that sucks. I'm just babbling on due to stress about all of this.

I was in baton rouge today at my brothers office building in the 20th story facing the river. After seeing the river from that view and the speed it was moving, I'm more concerned now than I thought u ever would be. Why are they putting orange bouys on top of the levee on the DOWNTOWN side . If the corps has miscalculated it could get real scary over there. Let's pray that we, as Louisianians, come our of this ok !!!

igeaux.mobi

[cjr3888]

The orange bouys are a quick fix to raise the levees. No offense to anyone and even though I work for the government, I don't trust a single government agency. Good thing I live on a ridge and will have plenty of time to get out if anything happens. Out here, we are all just hoping the Morganza and the levee hold up. Last spring, the levee was having small landslides from all the rain.

[RaginCajun77]

CNN story on Butte Larose:

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