Louise Hose
Well Known Member
I had business on the Gulf Coast last week and ended up in Baton Rouge last Friday night. To avoid another dreaded flight in the mailing tube (and flying through DFW on the way to Houston), I convinced Paul to fly over and pick me up early Saturday morning. While it hadn't/hasn't really hit the national news yet, locals and geologists already knew that there may be a huge event brewing in Louisiana and I wanted to check things out before the real flood hits. I'm the first to admit the beauty of the flight didn't match Scott and RaNae's, but it sure was interesting.
We started out of Baton Rouge and headed up the Mississippi River.
Major flooding hasn't hit....yet. But, the river was out of its banks in places and things were pretty wet upstream of BR.
They have evacuated some prisoners from Angola Prison already and we could see why.
I had seen the Old River Control Structure from higher flights and at "normal" flow but wanted to check it out during this growing crisis. Interesting. I wonder if all my old LSU professors and John McPhee will be proven right?
We also found the Morganza Spillway, which may be opened later this week, and checked out the thousands of acres and 2000 structures (http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/05/record_high_river_likely_to_re.html and http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/05/communities_in_path_of_morganz.html) that will be flooded when/if that happens.
Once we left this critical area, we flew down the Atchafalaya River to the coast and followed the coast to Houston. All of the photos from the trip are posted at: https://picasaweb.google.com/DrKarst/LATX_Overflight20110506?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOY-p758JOzXw#
We started out of Baton Rouge and headed up the Mississippi River.
They have evacuated some prisoners from Angola Prison already and we could see why.
I had seen the Old River Control Structure from higher flights and at "normal" flow but wanted to check it out during this growing crisis. Interesting. I wonder if all my old LSU professors and John McPhee will be proven right?
We also found the Morganza Spillway, which may be opened later this week, and checked out the thousands of acres and 2000 structures (http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/05/record_high_river_likely_to_re.html and http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/05/communities_in_path_of_morganz.html) that will be flooded when/if that happens.
Once we left this critical area, we flew down the Atchafalaya River to the coast and followed the coast to Houston. All of the photos from the trip are posted at: https://picasaweb.google.com/DrKarst/LATX_Overflight20110506?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOY-p758JOzXw#
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