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50,000 people have 90 mins evacuate, dam about to break near Percy Quinn State Park
http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/isaac ^ | 8/30/2012 | Breaking News

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: evacuation; huricaneisaac; hurricane; isaac; isaacflooding; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: abb
So they are releasing water from the dam now in a controlled fasion. Here are two Tangipahoa river gage links located further downstream. This river was already near or over flood stage before this release.

Tangipahoa River near Amite (USGS)
No historical data available. Gage located about 25 miles south of Louisiana/Mississippi border.

Tangipahoa River at Robert (85402)
Currently at 20.22 feet. Flood stage 15 feet. Historic high mark 25.87 feet. Gage located couple of miles north of I-12. Just a little before this river empties into Lake Pontchartrain.

121 posted on 08/30/2012 6:57:45 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: TSgt

This dam, the lake, and the park are about 30 miles from where I grew up in Centreville, MS. I fondly remember going there as a kid.

Just make sure to save Amite. What would we do without the Crawfish Festival?


122 posted on 08/30/2012 7:14:06 PM PDT by Have Ruck - Will Travel (Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...)
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To: justa-hairyape

Isaac has finally got some big time movement and is moving quickly off to the north. There is one last long feeder band however coming in off the gulf. It happens to be traveling right through the dams area right now.


123 posted on 08/30/2012 8:38:58 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Uncle Slayton

That’s silly. They did not know that the dam might break. I know of no previous break. It’s not one of the usual suspects when it comes to hurricane problems. This is hours away from the coast and not land at sea level. It’s significantly higher, 320 ft above sea level.

Some of the costal areas, I agree with you. In that area, you are way off.


124 posted on 08/30/2012 9:53:04 PM PDT by Jake8898
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To: Uncle Slayton

The storm was only a storm, not a life threatening hurricane. ... at least that’s what they were fed by the regieme. Not a RNC killer, hence, downplay!

Poor bastards lost everything due to politics. Pawns in the one’s reelection.

Seven years exactly!


125 posted on 08/30/2012 10:11:36 PM PDT by glock rocks (Hey... shut the damn barn! Were you raised in a... um, wait...)
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To: rcrngroup

Where’s Brownie when you need him?

Haven’t heard a word about FEMA anywhere


126 posted on 08/31/2012 4:23:00 AM PDT by acsrp38 (Do your best to prevent Gorbal Warming!! Leave the lights on!!)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

You live in the central southern tier NYS someplace? I grew up in Binghamton and i saw pictures of many of my old stomping grounds covered with Irene’s floods!


127 posted on 08/31/2012 4:23:08 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Not left wing! Not right wing! But....CHRIST WING!)
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To: acsrp38
FEMA ? No word about them yet. But just today we got some weird news about the nuclear reactor near New Orleans. The Waterford reactor is south west of Lake Pontchartrain and is near the Mississippi where the reactor sucks in water for its cooling towers. Well here, let the NRC Event Notification report describe what is happening with the plant.

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This is a non-emergency notification being made under 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii) due to the potential loss of emergency preparedness capabilities due to the effects of hurricane Isaac.

"At approximately 0735, the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) diesel generator was discovered to be tripped and not available, leaving the primary EOF without AC electrical power and, therefore, unavailable since normal AC power was also lost due to weather conditions. Efforts to repair the EOF diesel generator have been initiated and personnel have verified the Alternate EOF is functional. State, local and federal agencies have been informed of the plan to use the alternate EOF in case of an emergency preparedness activation.

"With essential personnel being sequestered at the Waterford 3 power block, the critical EOF functions can be performed from the on-site Technical Support Center (TSC), which is housed within the Control Room ventilated envelope.

"At approximately 0620 CDT, Entergy Operations, Inc. Emergency Preparedness staff discovered that the NRC Emergency Notification Systems (ENS) was not working. NRC Headquarters was notified at approximately 0715 CDT and was given an alternate phone number to contact Waterford 3. The ENS phone had previously been verified functional at approximately 0330 CDT. The NRC Health Physics Network (HPN) telephone line was verified to be functional at 0922 CDT."

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Poster comment - The good news is that the reactor is currently in hot shutdown. Also problems with one of their evacuation routes. From yesterday.

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"This is a non-emergency notification being made under 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii) due to the potential loss of emergency preparedness capabilities. At approximately 1530 CDT, Entergy Operations, Inc. was informed of a road closure which could impact the ability to perform a potential evacuation required by the Waterford 3 Emergency Plan.

"Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) reported that US Highway 51 to Interstate 10 was closed due to flooding from elevated water levels in Lake Pontchartrain resulting from Hurricane Isaac.

"Alternate evacuation routes remain available."

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128 posted on 08/31/2012 5:01:53 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: mdmathis6

Upper edge of Greene County.

We’re still cleaning up and rebuilding.


129 posted on 08/31/2012 5:46:00 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: _Jim

My greataunt had a piece of really beautiful property when I was little with a dirt wall dam that created a small, maybe 10 acre pond. In 1990, the Augusta area flooded and the dam collapsed. The property was ruined and she passed away a couple of years later. Consequently, Augusta itself is protected by an old dirt levee.


130 posted on 08/31/2012 9:29:52 AM PDT by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, Forever in Rebellion.)
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To: TSgt

Oh my goodness. I hope everyone gets out safely.


131 posted on 08/31/2012 11:15:42 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (Pray for America. She is the world's last best hope for freedom.)
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To: TSgt

These natural catastrophes makes it pretty clear to me. We’re going to get hit with even bigger ones and we need to get prepared.

Instead of finding another war to fight for the benefit of other countries, these other countries should be paying and subsidizing us fully. But how does another country subsidize the lost lives of young Americans? Yet some still believe we should go to war and put the bill on the American Chinese credit card along with not taking care of our fellow Americans.

This war BS in the ME needs to end now, and we need to start taking care of we Americans and employing Americans doing preventive maintenance on the USA. If the ME can’t figure out how to get along, let them turn it into molten glass. I’m tired of hearing about it.


132 posted on 08/31/2012 6:11:42 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Honest govt. that operates in the interest of US sovereignty and the people, not global $$$)
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To: ottbmare
Speaking of stupid officials: a friend in Louisiana tells me that when she called to ask for evacuation status and directions, she was told, “Download our app.” She was outraged. She has a smart phone, but she told the official in brisk language that many poor elderly people, or just plain elderly people, do NOT, and they had better develop some more traditional ways of telling the non-technologically oriented and those people who can’t afford a data plan. Also, cell towers may well be out of operation during a major emergency, so where are all your fine apps then, Mr Emergency Official? God help us.

I know, it seems like we've gone "app crazy." What if we get into a situation where the apps, GPS and cell phones die or are out of service? (as you touched on) That's why I'm glad I have an amateur radio license and can tell which way I'm driving by looking where the Sun is and/or finding the North Star Polaris. At least my 99 Blazer has a compass in it. I can read a paper map if I had to. Heck, I don't have a phone that uses apps. Heck, I still watch a TV from 1982 for the last 30 years and still uses Gramp's 1953 5 tube Philco radio. I love the internet but there is a side of me, especially with the "App happy" culture all of a sudden, we are not quite ready for all of this. Guess I'll have to rely on my amateur radio and police scanner (or my 1972 vintage VHF multiband radio) to hear the weatherradio. B-)
133 posted on 09/01/2012 8:34:19 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)
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To: TSgt

Can you post a link to the story about the dam about break?

It’s not at the link you provded.

Thanks.


134 posted on 09/01/2012 8:41:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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