Lake is 300 acres a full pool with average depth of 8’.
Lake is well above pool and also has a couple flooded creeks feeding the lake. These areas are holding a lot of water and all this will drain down.
Tangipahoa River is also probably extremely high which doesn’t give any breathing room. Also, the Tangipahoa is pretty narrow and a shallow river south of Kentwood.
RUN!
Just dam!
Dam close to failing leads to mandatory evacuation along Tangipahoa River
http://www.wafb.com/story/19417024/dam-failing-leads-to-mandatory-evacuation-along-tangipahoa-river
PIKE COUNTY, MS (WAFB) -
Tangipahoa Parish is calling for a mandatory evacuation of all areas along the Tangipahoa River after officials were notified a dam in southern Mississippi is close to failing.
Officials said Mississippi Emergency Management notified GOHSEP and Tangipahoa Parish Government the dam at Lake Tangipahoa at Percy Quinn State Park is failing. Pike County officials said the dam has not yet failed.
Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess then issued the mandatory evacuation order. Shelter locations are as follows:
Hammond West Side Elementary Montessori School
Hammond Jr. High Magnet School
Natalbany Elementary School
Nesom Middle School
Amite High School
Kentwood High Magnet School
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for southwestern Pike County in southern Mississippi after the emergency management officials determined the dam would probably fail.
Forecasters expect severe flooding downstream along the Tangipahoa River from west of the McComb Airport and Magnolia to Osyka.
The water level is expected to rise nearly eight feet below the dam to six feet at Osyka. The river stage at Osyka is currently 14.8 feet.
The weather service said this is a flash flood emergency for all low-lying areas along the Tangipahoa River, including Osyka.
Prayers for the safety of all concerned.
Ugh! I thought we had dodged this bullet.
I assume it is another campaign day for Obama?
Prayers.
This is worse than Katrina. The damn storm has been sitting on that fish bowl for too long. May G-d help the people of LA and MS!
Prayers folks!
Gosh! Prayers up!
Hmmm .... looking at a map, I don’t see how this dam break would affect 50,000 people.
Disaster PING!
That’s bad. With half of Louisiana without power, let’s hope most have battery powered radios going and will learn about the threat.
Ironically, this Dam was scheduled for a major reconstruction, beginning NEXT WEEK, with the lake water level lowered 10 feet.
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?
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?
Any takers? ;-)
Lordy, lordy! Prayers with the people and emergency personnel