and if it hadn't been such a dry summer, think how much worst it could of been
Posted on 08/30/2012 8:58:15 AM PDT by TSgt
50,000 people have 90 mins evacuate area near Tangipahoa River; dam about to break near Percy Quinn State Park. #nbc33isaac
Get your own dirt!!
Prayers up.
LLS
Obama’s fault.
I'd have told her, "Look, here, I don't have time to download your app, so I'll just write one quickly. Are you using the dot-NET framework so I can use remote reflection to discover your methods and properties? Or are you using Web Services and the more traditional WSDL and DISCO files? HURRY! HURRY! TELL ME! THIS THING WILL TAKE A WHILE TO WRITE, TEST, DEBUG AND DEPLOY!!!!!"
Everyone should know that a levee or dam can break during a hurricane.
Those people should have known.
I just can’t understand why these folks, the people in La Place and the folks down in Plaquemines Parish did not elect to evacuate when they were warned about this storm for days.
fair ‘nuff. I guess if a major earthquake happens here, I’m not going to stick around and find out if the dam 10 minutes upstream is leaking. I’m going to higher ground.
“according to this article in 1978.”
“In other words, typical government efficiency.”
Yeah, but just think of how many Gay Outreach Centers, ACORN Get-out-the-Democrat-Vote campaigns, and abortions got financed with that money, instead of fixing the dam.
It’s about prioroties, doncha know.
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2012/08/controlled_breach_of_tangipaho.html
Controlled release of water from Tangipahoa Lake in Miss. begins
Thursday, August 30, 2012, 2:57 PM
By Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune
BATON ROUGE — In the wake of Isaac, Mississippi officials have begun a “controlled release” of water from a lake just north of the Louisiana border to prevent the collapse of a dam on the Tangipahoa River that would cause massive flooding in Tangipahoa Parish. The release began a short time before 2:30 p.m., said Christina Stephens, spokeswoman for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
Vitter Demands Corps to Provide Immediate Assistance for Flooding in Tangipahoa Area
(Metairie, La.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide immediate technical assistance to Mississippi and other food protection or water district authorities to relieve water pressure on the dam located on Lake Tangipahoa at the Percy Quinn State Park near McComb, Mississippi. The breach is causing severe flooding in Tangipahoa parish.
A copy of Vitter’s letter is below.
August 30, 2012
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick
Commanding General and Chief of Engineers
Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
441 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20314-1000
Dear LTG Bostick:
I am formally requesting the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to provide immediate technical assistance to the State of Mississippi and any other relevant flood protection or water district authorities in an effort to relieve water pressure on the dam located on Lake Tangipahoa at the Percy Quinn State Park near McComb, Mississippi.
It is imperative that all viable methods of relieving water pressure be understood and utilized as expeditiously as possible to prevent flooding of communities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Please do not hesitate to contact me or my staff at 202-224-4623.
Sincerely,
David Vitter
United States Senator
That’s the one! :):)
I so LOVE that joke, because I believe that is just how God would be with us - so excited and proud, just beaming at how far we had come, watching attentively before suddenly bursting out with warm laughter, and saying, “Oooooh no, that’s MY dirt! You all have to get your OWN dirt!”. Grins happily.
Well, I sure HOPE he has that wonderful of a sense of humor, because, with me, lol, I am sure he needs it : o
Thank you Lord, for your patience.
Tatt
Sure. every time a cat 1 hurricane comes along let’s just eevacuate whole states in case a damn breaks.
Sure. every time a cat 1 hurricane comes along let’s just eevacuate whole states in case a damn breaks.
Geez ... that “Lake Tangipahoa” dam in the Mississippi State Park named after Percy (Edwards) Quin (a US Conresscritter) is “a dirt dam erected with wheel barrows and shovels” built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) has a dubious history.
In 1942, a couple years after completion it ‘broke’ and had to be rebuilt (after it remained dry for 3 intervening years!) ... an article in the 1942 National Geographic documents this:
Bush's fault!
Odumbo's hands are tied. Not his fault. Gotta run... 0dumb0's tee time is calling him, followed by some rigorous campaigning & schmoozing with the rich as you pointed out. What an absolute asshole 0dumb0 is!
So, Obama’s Navy Divers are in the water and have placed the explosives?
You are correct it is not a huge lake. The population below the lake and park is scattered and rural. I used to go to the park and lake when I worked in the McComb area many years ago.
The Tangi River is basically an stream but with all of this rain who knows what it looks like now.
When I-55 passes over the Tangi River it is basically just a minor over pass typically like a bridge found on any Interstate passing over a creak or a small stream - there is no major structure just a typical over pass at the same elevation as the rest of the interstate. It is hard to see the actual river during normal times.
and if it hadn't been such a dry summer, think how much worst it could of been
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