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Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:14 pm
What is happening north of I-12/10 here in Louisiana is horrific...kinda puts football into perspective. I really hope to find a way to help. Those people never saw this coming...terrible. Prayers for all those people.
As an engineer... I think the interstate is partly to blame. There are only a few underpasses that allow water to flow south. When those channels are full the raised interstate acts like a dam flooding everything north of it until the water breaks over the road. The same thing happened in 1983.
What is needed is a lot more emergency flow channels under I-10/12....And a lot of emergency help for those parishes.
As an engineer... I think the interstate is partly to blame. There are only a few underpasses that allow water to flow south. When those channels are full the raised interstate acts like a dam flooding everything north of it until the water breaks over the road. The same thing happened in 1983.
What is needed is a lot more emergency flow channels under I-10/12....And a lot of emergency help for those parishes.
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:16 pm to Jacknola
I had read where there was a plan to create a canal to run some of the excess water from one of those rivers west to the Mississippi.
That was planned back after that 1983 flood, but nothing became of it.
That was planned back after that 1983 flood, but nothing became of it.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:19 pm to Jacknola
How is NOLA, Jack?
Haven't been there. Been hunkered down in BR the last few days.
Haven't been there. Been hunkered down in BR the last few days.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:36 pm to Jacknola
The problem is baton rogue is only 10 ft above sea level. They keep building sub divisions and there is no where for the water to run off too
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:39 pm to Errerrerrwere
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How is NOLA
Think it's fine. Was there Friday. Yea, I know shite happens a few days after really.
But I think NOLA is alright
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:28 pm to Errerrerrwere
NOLA is fine, we've seen rain but nothing to the extent the flooded areas are seeing. I know most people here are just trying to help.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:37 pm to Swagga
This is why it's historic. All of that rain fell mostly in the Amite River watershed. All of it north and slightly northeast of Baton Rouge; 30+ inches in some spots.
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:41 pm to joshua2571
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The problem is baton rogue is only 10 ft above sea level.
You literally have no idea what you are talking about as you seem to think Baton Rouge is in the same situation as New Orleans. Baton Rouge and New Orleans are geologically and hydrologically nothing alike.
Parts of the greater Baton Rouge area had over 2 feet of water dumped on it in 48 hours. At the highest rate, areas were receiving 3 inches per hour.
All of that water has to go somewhere, which is the rivers. Once the rivers and tributaries backed up, it was over.
The amount of rain it takes to achieve a 100 year flood event has a 1 percent chance of occurring in a year. Parts of the Baton Rouge area received so much rain that the odds of it occurring were 0.1 percent chance of it occurring in a year. In rough terms, that is a "1,000-year" flood.
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