2019 Mississippi River

[HelmutVII]

I think June 6, is still D Day for opening Morganza.

[Bandwagon King]

I was curious if you'd chime in.

I let you guys have 25 pages of some good info by helmut & then start the ridiculous stuff about drinking water etc. My question still stands & has sound reasoning behind it. Why didn't the core allow more water out of the Butte Larose area earlier & give the spillway more ability to do its job so they could open the Morganza sooner. IF there is massive flooding this time as opposed to the river levels topping out early as they did last time, this will be the direct cause of that flooding. I have read & understand Helmut's reasoning about velocity causing scouring of the levees. But there is something greater to consider here. It isn't just about levee protection. The whole reason for the levee system to begin with is to minimize, or eliminate the flooding on the other side of those levees. Otherwise what good are the levees to begin with. Because the corps overreacted last time they not only avoided a potentially hazardous horrible situation, they made it look like they knew exactly what they were doing. This time late & lazy reaction to this could lead to catastrophic flooding throughout ALL of South Central Louisiana.

[Boomer]

I think June 6, is still D Day for opening Morganza.

.....Way back in the start of this thread, the worry of a tropical system was mentioned by a poster.....well, it looks as this scenario seems to be close to manifesting itself....help Helmut and BWK.....what is the latest and why?....and as usual, thanks so much for your efforts!!!

[CharlieK]

https://katc.com/news/2019/06/03/upd...-bwuE71Nv1tll4

[HelmutVII]

.....Way back in the start of this thread, the worry of a tropical system was mentioned by a poster.....well, it looks as this scenario seems to be close to manifesting itself....help Helmut and BWK.....what is the latest and why?....and as usual, thanks so much for your efforts!!!

Opening is pushed back to June 9 due to the river rising slower than anticipated. Good news for those in the Basin.

[LouisianaB]

Helmut, what would happen should the tropical depression drop significant precipitation on any area of the Mississippi?

[cajunfan79]

I'm hoping the core doesn't have a false sense of security with the levees, it seems to me the longer you delay the release that the longer these levees will have to retain the water. Especially with a tropical system already possibly becoming a rain threat.

[Ragin4U]

https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/20...tlantic-ocean/

Sounds like a liberal plot.

[billbeck451]

well Mississippi sound is currently reached 0 salinity level when it should be near 20 at this time of year. The oyster beds are dead and any aquaculture beds have had to be relocated as far east as possible. The shrimp season is shot and any commercial charter fishermen cant find fish. We have had over 100 dolphins wash up on our beaches with untold numbers of endangered sea turtles, all this so that New Orleans can be safe from River water.

[cajun4life]

well Mississippi sound is currently reached 0 salinity level when it should be near 20 at this time of year. The oyster beds are dead and any aquaculture beds have had to be relocated as far east as possible. The shrimp season is shot and any commercial charter fishermen cant find fish. We have had over 100 dolphins wash up on our beaches with untold numbers of endangered sea turtles, all this so that New Orleans can be safe from River water.

I can tell you there isn’t clean GOM water almost anywhere along the Louisiana coast either. There is muddy water almost 40 miles out of the Wax and Atchafalaya deltas.

We are lucky that Arkansas and Missouri levees have failed.