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 funny but pretty much true
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funny but pretty much true
we never did get very much rain here, maybe a couple of inches, nothing like the foot of rain the talking heads were predicting for us.... i guess you got it all |
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Our local airport has measured rainfall totals at 16.45 inches as of 10 hrs ago. The National Guard performed over 200 rescues last night here in my parish. Still raining but its seems to have lightened up a little bit....but rain is supposed to stay all day today, tonight, and into Friday. 16.45 !? God be with Louisiana. What is the likelihood that you or you neighbors / family , will have to evacuate also? |
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What is the likelihood that you or you
My area is good...just a soggy yard..high ground.Most of the flooding here is centered around the Ouachita River and the two cities it separates.....along with the bayous and nearby lakes that drain into it.
neighbors / family , will have to evacuate also? The two cities are Monroe and West Monroe...I live on the West Monroe side which is more hilly. The Monroe side is flat...and is part of the Mississippi River Delta, even though that river is 60 miles away. During the great flood of 1927, the Mississippi flooded all the way to Monroe...you could actually boat the 60 or so miles from Monroe to Vicksburg...that was before an extensive levee system was built though. |
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Update Flooding in Louisiana:
4 Dead - over 3,500 homes evacuated. OVER 20 inches of rain, in the hardest hit areas. http://youtu.be/dii7A-ay88g/ 00:59 sec http://weather.com/storms/severe/news/southern-flooding-severe-weather-news/ |
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Rain has ended it seems...still a chance for more through Friday but it looks clear to the west.
Over 19 inches fell in less than 2 days. "" In Monroe, 19.6" of rain fell in 44 hours. The average ANNUAL precipitation for Monroe is 50.75", thus, Monroe received about 38% of its yearly total in less than 2 days"" http://www.knoe.com/weather?device=phone&c=y Rescues are still ongoing as hundreds of homes remain flooded and the river is still rising. Two deaths have been reported....a child died when the car he was riding in hydroplaned and hit a bridge column....and a man drowned trying to drive through a flooded roadway. |
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16 Parishes have declared a " State Of Emergency ".
A spokesman for the National Guard said cars are being used that can travel in 20-30 inches of water. DRAMATIC Horse Rescue In Flooded Louisiana Waters: http://youtu.be/AamXpeaxX-o/ 04:52 - Fox 10 News |
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Yes thats at our local college. Water is still rising too. Just talked to my bro-in-law anf sister and theyre about to evacuate. Water is right at their house now and waist deep in the street in front of their house.
Our local mall.... 
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Skycam pic of a Monroe La neighborhood....
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Just talked to my bro-in-law anf sister and theyre about to evacuate. Water is right at their house now and waist deep in the street in front of their house.
Geez! If this is thousands of people being evacuated.. Where do they all go? Anywhere they can? Hospitals & school gyms & motel rooms on high ground, must be filled to capacity by now. |
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Skycam pic of a Monroe La neighborhood....
This ^^^ is down right scary! 
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Just talked to my bro-in-law anf sister and theyre about to evacuate. Water is right at their house now and waist deep in the street in front of their house. Geez! If this is thousands of people being evacuated.. Where do they all go? Anywhere they can? Hospitals & school gyms & motel rooms on high ground, must be filled to capacity by now. Its getting old....thats for sure...but the river isnt supposed to crest for a few more days and more severe storms are forecast for Sunday |
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Edited by
SassyEuro2
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Fri 03/11/16 01:05 PM
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Just talked to my bro-in-law anf sister and theyre about to evacuate. Water is right at their house now and waist deep in the street in front of their house. Geez! If this is thousands of people being evacuated.. Where do they all go? Anywhere they can? Hospitals & school gyms & motel rooms on high ground, must be filled to capacity by now. Its getting old....thats for sure...but the river isnt supposed to crest for a few more days and more severe storms are forecast for Sunday 
If another storm comes Sunday..that will be (about), day SIX The National Weather Service, referred to this as 'historic' I am thinking.. meteorological nightmare. NELA Flood 2016 // 03.10.2016: http://youtu.be/NccZ_bTeBTM/ 03:42 Aerial view of West Monroe / Monroe Louisiana |
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Just talked to my bro-in-law anf sister and theyre about to evacuate. Water is right at their house now and waist deep in the street in front of their house. Geez! If this is thousands of people being evacuated.. Where do they all go? Anywhere they can? Hospitals & school gyms & motel rooms on high ground, must be filled to capacity by now. Its getting old....thats for sure...but the river isnt supposed to crest for a few more days and more severe storms are forecast for Sunday
If another storm comes Sunday..that will be (about), day SIX The National Weather Service, referred to this as 'historic' I am thinking.. meteorological nightmare. NELA Flood 2016 // 03.10.2016: http://youtu.be/NccZ_bTeBTM/ 03:42 Aerial view of West Monroe / Monroe Louisiana |
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reminds me of some of the Hurricanes I sat through in the Islands!
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reminds me of some of the Hurricanes I sat through in the Islands!
This thing has spread over hundreds of miles now ..from Texas, through Louisiana...and now through Mississippi. Couldnt buy a drop a rain back during the summer... |
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reminds me of some of the Hurricanes I sat through in the Islands!
This thing has spread over hundreds of miles now ..from Texas, through Louisiana...and now through Mississippi. Couldnt buy a drop a rain back during the summer... damn weather!  
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thenewsstar.com
Ouachita River flows backward at Sterlington
THE NEWS-STAR John Stringer is president of the Tensas Basin Levee District. John Stringer is president of the Tensas Basin Levee District. less So much rain has been dumped in the Ouachita River north of Monroe it has forced the river to flow backward at Sterlington, 25 miles north of the city. "There are some strange things happening with this storm that I've never seen before," said John Stringer, president of the Tensas Basin Levee District. Stringer said because of the volume of water surging above Monroe, "it has flattened out the slope of the river and the current is running in reverse at Sterlington." "Before you ask, no, I've never seen that before," Stringer said. RELATED: Focus shifts to watershed flooding in Ouachita Neither has Michael Sorrels, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District. "I've never heard of such," he said. "It's a new one on me." But after checking the elevation gauges at Sterlington and Felsenthal, which is farther north still, "there's no reason to believe it's not true," Sorrels said. The river elevation at Sterlington is more than a foot higher than the elevation at Felsenthal. Those elevations should be reversed, he said. "Now I've seen it all," Sorrels said. RELATED: Ouachita River rises to 39.5 feet, rain chances decrease Sorrels believes the more than 20 inches of rain that's fallen in the past three days combined with a surge of runoff into the river near Sterlington from Lake D'Arbonne and Bayou Bartholomew has reversed the river's current there. But he said there are no consequences of the reversal other than as an oddity. "As soon as the runoff is flushed through the system I'm sure the river will begin running south again at Sterlington," Sorrels said. Meanwhile, Stringer said the levels of water in Bayou Bartholomew and Bayou Lafourche, both tributaries of the Ouachita, have exceeded their 1991 record highs and that the Boeuf River will soon top its 1991 record. RELATED: No levees have breached, despite rumors The Ouachita stands just above its 40-foot flood stage in Monroe with a 42.5-foot crest forecast for March 27, far below the 1991 record of 50.53 feet. "The interior flooding is worse than I've ever seen, but the river still has plenty of capacity," Stringer said. "We've been here before. We'll be prepared." Greg Hilburn http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2016/03/11/ouachita-river-flows-backward-sterlington/81659592/ |
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Rivers are going to rise..
As not seen in 132 years. Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi , Alabama "Biblical Flood" underway | Set to smash record. http://youtu.be/RvrcL95iuP8/ 02:32 ----------- Torrential Rains Continue to Batter the Southern US http://youtu.be/RLjFbb2fCsg/ 00:46 ------------- Louisiana Ouachita River rises to 39.5 feet, rain chances decrease A flood warning for the Ouachita River at Monroe starts at 3 p.m. Friday and will be in effect until further notice. According to the NWS, the river is expected to rise to near 42.5 feet by March 27. http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2016/03/11/ouachita-river-rises-395-feet-rain-chances-decrease/81638320/ God be with you RebelArcher |
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