"Wasn’t the land already waterlogged before the hurricane hit? I thought I heard that."
And just like the people in New Orleans who failed to evacuate when they were warned about Katrina.
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
Prepare, and pray for the folks who will be affected.
Pinging the preppers’ list. For all those who think it can’t happen or there’s no need to prepare for the future, here’s a perfect example. Ya just never know.
Always ask: could you evacuate in 90 minutes or less? Do you have a go-bag packed? Do you have a bag for your car, and one you can carry on your back?
Wasn’t the land already waterlogged before the hurricane hit? I thought I heard that.
You weren’t on the ping list I copied.
Prayers that they have time to get people warned and to safety.
MORE:
A dam at Percy Quinn State Park in Pike County is having structural problems, and workers are sandbagging its base today due to rains from Tropical Storm Isaac, and a levee break just across the Mississippi state line threatens 60,000 people and is forcing emergency evacuations.
The expected levee break is near Kentwood, La.
In some places at the dam near McComb, “the earth has washed away at the base,” said Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn.
“The Department of Environmental Quality and the Corps of Engineers are sandbagging around that area.”
Agricultural land, and not residential, could be impacted, Flynn said.
The area is not far from the Louisiana border and Tangipahoa Parish, where a mandatory evacuation was ordered this morning because of a potential levee breach.
The expected levee break at Lake Tangipahoa was expected to allow a torrent of water south. The evacuation will affect between 50,000 and 60,000 people, news reports say.
Clarian Register
The people of Tangipahoa Parish knew Hurricane Isaac was on its way and knew that the dam could break.
Why did they not evacuate before the storm?
Where are the school busses to evacuate these people?
Those folks have my prayers.
Looks like McComb is going to end up the Best Town by a Dam Site.
Any takers? ;-)
TWITTER:
Amite Police going door-to-door to inform residents of the evacuation below the dam along the Tangi River
McComb, MS mayor: “People need to be moving. They need to get out in case the dam does fail.”
NWSNewOrleans
Civil emergency message for Pike County. Evac along the river below the dam. River crest at record at Osyka due to expected dam failure.
Preppers’ PING!!!!
God granting miracles
A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood. A man comes by in a boat and says “get in, get in!” The religous man replies, “ no I have faith in God, he will grant me a miracle.”
Later the water is up to his waist and another boat comes by and the guy tells him to get in again. He responds that he has faith in god and god will give him a miracle. With the water at about chest high, another boat comes to rescue him, but he turns down the offer again cause “God will grant him a miracle.”
With the water at chin high, a helicopter throws down a ladder and they tell him to get in, mumbling with the water in his mouth, he again turns down the request for help for the faith of God. He arrives at the gates of heaven with broken faith and says to Peter, I thought God would grand me a miracle and I have been let down.” St. Peter chuckles and responds, “I don’t know what you’re complaining about, we sent you three boats and a helicopter.”
Lordy, lordy! Prayers with the people and emergency personnel
Curiously, it seems the dam was scheduled for repair in just a month or so, according to this article -
http://enterprise-journal.com/news/article_4bde29a8-b82c-11e1-a862-0019bb2963f4.html
"Wasn’t the land already waterlogged before the hurricane hit? I thought I heard that."
And just like the people in New Orleans who failed to evacuate when they were warned about Katrina.
WLBT-TV Facebook Post:
EMERGENCY MEMA ~ DUE TO THE DAM FAILURE...water levels on the Tangipahoa river near Chatawa and Oskya will rise quickly. If you live in these areas LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR HIGHER GROUND.
By Marsha Thompson WLBT Anchor
Always mañana.
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