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  • WhereIsIt?

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    Can't blame the govt. People wont move from areas that are known to flood. They actually build "permanent" homes and structures and then get mad when it's all destroyed after a huge storm.

    Again.. People loong ago that lived by rivers knew when it was time to go and time to come back.

    Tactitools and blanket statements... Welcome to Bayoushooter.
     

    themcfarland

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    I think there are cycles and man has interrupted those by trying to tame the rivers and floods. We have changed the timeline and the cycles enough to notice a difference in both, but are not able to determine when or how long it will take now. We really sort of are writing history as it happens and its never been modified this much. its all interesting, I wont be around to see much change.. Its not part of my daily worry.
     

    Danny Ross

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    Eventually. the Mississippi River will, during a high water season, wash away the Old River Control Structure and water that now flows past Baton Rouge will be able to take the much shorter route to the Gulf via the Atchafalaya River. It might not happen in my lifetime, but it will, eventually.
     

    AK shooter

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    Eventually. the Mississippi River will, during a high water season, wash away the Old River Control Structure and water that now flows past Baton Rouge will be able to take the much shorter route to the Gulf via the Atchafalaya River. It might not happen in my lifetime, but it will, eventually.
    I have heard that for years. I think it was the flood of 72 it came close according to people I have talked to. The only time that is an issue is a major flooding. There will probably be one that does hopefully I will not be here to see the destruction.
     

    Danny Ross

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    Marthas Vineyard in Massachusetts has recently been in the news, with Florida flying two planeloads of Illegal aliens there. In one of the articles it was mentioned that the Obamas have a 12 million dollar vacation home there. Most of the island i less than 30' above sea level, according to a topographic map. Funny how the climate alarmists are not worried about their vacation home flooding.
     

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    Marthas Vineyard in Massachusetts has recently been in the news, with Florida flying two planeloads of Illegal aliens there. In one of the articles it was mentioned that the Obamas have a 12 million dollar vacation home there. Most of the island i less than 30' above sea level, according to a topographic map. Funny how the climate alarmists are not worried about their vacation home flooding.

    That is because they are ALL phonies.
     

    Fredgr

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    Ran across an article a year or two ago about a WWll ship that was torpedoed. I think somewhere west of the mouth of the river. Several years ago it was surveyed for an oil field project then it was surveyed again for a new project and it had moved a significant distance south. The survey crew didn't know why. Coastal sliding?
     

    Bigchillin83

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    Ran across an article a year or two ago about a WWll ship that was torpedoed. I think somewhere west of the mouth of the river. Several years ago it was surveyed for an oil field project then it was surveyed again for a new project and it had moved a significant distance south. The survey crew didn't know why. Coastal sliding?
    prob 2016 flood waters rushing down the river pushed it lol
     

    AK shooter

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    Those high political figures on Martha's Vineyard, are they gonna vacate the beachfront property due to rising water??????
     

    dwhaley929

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    In 1963, I was sitting on a hill on the Mississippi State Campus and I dug up fossilized sea shells on the hill. The earth is in a constant state of change.

    In South Louisiana, the land is sinking, not the ocean rising. https://www.livescience.com/4186-real-reason-louisiana-sinking.html
    In the early 70s I use to collect shark's teeth in Montgomery Al. We would go to this strange butte type structure that was probably 30 feet above the surrounding terrain. There were a lot of teeth there.
     

    Bigchillin83

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    I remember about 5 years ago going to the dinosaur museum in Oklahoma City…. I was surprised that they said 85% if the fossils recovered in Oklahoma were ocean aquatic fossils… they showed them all and maps of how it was that it was actually 100’s of feet under the ocean… mind blowing
     

    buttanic

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    Ran across an article a year or two ago about a WWll ship that was torpedoed. I think somewhere west of the mouth of the river. Several years ago it was surveyed for an oil field project then it was surveyed again for a new project and it had moved a significant distance south. The survey crew didn't know why. Coastal sliding?
    Back in the 80's I did a lot of scuba diving and spearfishing at the oil rigs. One day we were pulling up to Shell platform 311 which is in 400 feet of water on the edge of the continental shelf 50 miles south of Grand Isle. There was an Edison Chouest survey boat circling the platform and he called me on the radio to tell me he was dragging a wire in the water with 4000 volts for a survey. I asked what the survey was for and he said the platform was sliding down the shelf and they were trying to figure out why. You could go about a half mile south of the platform and the water was 1400 feet deep. I am not sure if that platform is still there.
     

    John_

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    Well this year 2 or 3 residential insurers pulled out of Louisiana, and some stopped writing new policies. FEMA already wants to set flood insurance annual premiums based on claims history. FEMA has been bleeding serious money from flood claims for the last 20 years. Louisiana Citizens, the last choice home insurer, is appealing for a 63% premium increase in Jan 2023. Home owners in flood prone areas and coastal areas at high risk from hurricanes are about to find out what impossibly high annual insurance will cost. And if your homeowners insurance and flood policies cost lets say a combined $5k annually, fewer people will be able to purchase that property, or surrounding properties. I lived in Laplace for 37 years, got flooded in 2012, rebuilt and sold my house in 2014. I could see what was coming. Most all of my former neighbors got flooded again from Ida a year ago. And/or had roof damage/leaks. In 3 or 4 years, some home owners in south Louisiana could be paying 3 to 6K annually for both policies, easy.
     
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    Well this year 2 or 3 residential insurers pulled out of Louisiana, and some stopped writing new policies. FEMA already wants to set flood insurance annual premiums based on claims history. FEMA has been bleeding serious money from flood claims for the last 20 years. Louisiana Citizens, the last choice home insurer, is appealing for a 63% premium increase in Jan 2023. Home owners in flood prone areas and coastal areas at high risk from hurricanes are about to find out what impossibly high annual insurance will cost. And if your homeowners insurance and flood policies cost lets say a combined $5k annually, fewer people will be able to purchase that property, or surrounding properties. I lived in Laplace for 37 years, got flooded in 2012, rebuilt and sold my house in 2014. I could see what was coming. Most all of my former neighbors got flooded again from Ida a year ago. And/or had roof damage/leaks. In 3 or 4 years, some home owners in south Louisiana could be paying 3 to 6K annually for both policies, easy.
    And then we end up where we always do; very affluent and wealthy people will be able to afford all the nice waterfront property that the middle class or poorer folk will have to eventually vacate or abandon.

    Take a ride down to Grand Isle if you want to see what the future looks like in coastal communities. Those who had insurance have quickly rebuilt and those that took the chance to go without, have broken and unusable structures, or nothing left at all. In time, wealthy folk will buy it all up.

    Something else to consider; THE USACE has stated they would not be fixing Grand Isle again if the island gets ripped apart again. Hell if it weren't for the oil industry, there would be no reason for the feds to fix ANY of that crap next time. If anyone is under the delusion they put that billion dollar elevated highway from Leeville to Fourchon so a few hundred people could get to the fishing camps after Katrina, you need to wake up!
     

    WhereIsIt?

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    And then we end up where we always do; very affluent and wealthy people will be able to afford all the nice waterfront property that the middle class or poorer folk will have to eventually vacate or abandon.

    Take a ride down to Grand Isle if you want to see what the future looks like in coastal communities. Those who had insurance have quickly rebuilt and those that took the chance to go without, have broken and unusable structures, or nothing left at all. In time, wealthy folk will buy it all up.

    Something else to consider; THE USACE has stated they would not be fixing Grand Isle again if the island gets ripped apart again. Hell if it weren't for the oil industry, there would be no reason for the feds to fix ANY of that crap next time. If anyone is under the delusion they put that billion dollar elevated highway from Leeville to Fourchon so a few hundred people could get to the fishing camps after Katrina, you need to wake up!
    So you are mad at rich people? Less wealthy can live there...just have to be able to rebuild and understand the consequences of living there.
     

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