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Sat May-14-11 04:17 AM Original message |
Corps to Open Spillway on Saturday, Jindal Says |
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Mimosa
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Sat May-14-11 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Worst spring floods since 1927, maybe worse since levee sytem now is better |
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Sat May-14-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That would really be a disaster. |
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Kolesar
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Sat May-14-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. All of these structures are built on dried out mud. The closest bedrock is 7,000 feet down. |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Sat May-14-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's one bit I don't understand - how did the cut increase flow into the Atchafalaya? |
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Kolesar
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Sat May-14-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The Mississippi River had already captured the Red River |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Sat May-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But the Mississippi had already been flowing into the Atchafalaya |
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Kolesar
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Sat May-14-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Robert Dickenson would know, he wrote it |
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Sat May-14-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bet: When this is over, Jindal will be blaming the Federal government |
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Roy Rolling
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Sat May-14-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Act of God |
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slackmaster
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Sat May-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I don't know what he's going to do, but the USACE has been responsible for flood control for decades |
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dipsydoodle
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Sat May-14-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. US South braces for record Mississippi floods |
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Hubert Flottz
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Sat May-14-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Climate Change? I don't see no stinkin' climate change," the GOP |
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IamK
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Sat May-14-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Great news for Red Stick & NOLA,,, Hope you can swim in Cajun county |
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JBoy
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Sat May-14-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. They've just done a dike breach in Manitoba; same situation |
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