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# ? Jul 12, 2019 20:38 |
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Luneshot posted:Here's a fun study for y'all: what will major cities feel like in 2050? I hate this study, because people look at it and go "huh; those 3 closest cities don't seem too bad." New Orleans gets: Houston, Jacksonville, Memphis, which aside from the total lack of culture are fine. Atlanta gets: Memphis, Nashville, Houston, which again, meh.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 20:54 |
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Luneshot posted:Here's a fun study for y'all: what will major cities feel like in 2050? Phoenix -> Baghdad, Basra lmfao GOD WILLING
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 20:58 |
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mastershakeman posted:I bet it will if they blow the dams, that NASA site says that the atchafalaya is 20 feet lower and water prefers to go there. They can probably only open the gates so much right now , I'm assuming they're at max lol apparently the army corp of engineers has refused to open it https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_0cb536be-a4c8-11e9-8be4-5786c3c46116.html quote:With storm surge from Hurricane Barry forecast to raise the Mississippi River to dangerous heights on Saturday, some observers have pointedly questioned why the Army Corps of Engineers did not try to reduce water heights weeks ago by opening the Morganza Floodway above Baton Rouge.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:07 |
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the government literally gave away the morganza spillway land which allowed morgan city to happen
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:11 |
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Wikipedia on Morgan City posted:As of the census of 2000, there were 12,703 people, 5,037 households, and 3,394 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,166.5 people per square mile (837.0/km²). There were 5,627 housing units at an average density of 959.7 per square mile (370.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 71.28% White, 23.90% African American, 0.91% American Indian (U.S. Census), 1.02% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.18% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. Hispanic of any race were 3.37% of the population.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:13 |
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seems to be rising slightly slower than expected. they had predicte 17ft at 1pm, at 16.92
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:14 |
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the RFC stage hydrograph went from peaking at 20' to peaking at 19' yesterday, seems like they're sticking with that number. good to hear it's not surging as much as they'd predicted early on the operators of the morganza spillway are in a tough spot since nobody's gonna like their decision. if they keep the river below 20' at new orleans and morgan city does okay then i guess they get to tell everybody to gently caress off. the comment about giving away the land to make morgan city was interesting, i don't know anything about that
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:20 |
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:
Depends on which prediction you're looking at. It's rising faster than they thought yesterday.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:24 |
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:lol apparently the army corp of engineers has refused to open it I'm obviously an idiot to have thought the government would try to save a city of 500k (60% black) over a city of 10k (80% white)
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:27 |
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My first thought was to check this too. New Orleans is ~60% black, Morgan City is ~60% white.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:27 |
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i happen to have a shot saved of their prediction a few days ago when it looked worse: so hopefully they're righter now
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:28 |
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i wonder if it's shaping up to be an irene-sandy scenario where the first one is predicted to be apocalyptic but is relatively mild and then everyone will go "hey remember barry? we'll be fine" and get their poo poo totally rocked when the next one comes in this season.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:34 |
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mastershakeman posted:I'm obviously an idiot to have thought the government would try to save a city of 500k (60% black) over a city of 10k (80% white) its probably all the corporate farming interests rather than actually giving a poo poo about morgan city. says 80k acres of crops were destroyed last time they opened it.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:36 |
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people from the midwest and california have ruined arizona for longer than i've been alive
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:36 |
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in the past they had no problem flooding out poor rear end cajuns for new orleans tbh
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:37 |
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there's something to be said for building a weir that's at a specific height and letting the river tell you when to use it by pouring over it due to gravity. nobody can corrupt that process and i think they're actually trying to minimize the damage from this flood and they think keeping that spillway closed is the way to go. they know more about this system than we do... theyre gonna look pretty bad if the river levees break though, to say the least
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:40 |
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oystertoadfish posted:there's something to be said for building a weir that's at a specific height and letting the river tell you when to use it by pouring over it due to gravity. nobody can corrupt that process Yes, this. The city knows what they're doing. Katrina could've been a humanitarian disaster but the city knew exactly what to do, and after Katrina they've made huge improvements to their infrastructure to stop anything like Katrina impacting the city like that again.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 21:54 |
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Al! posted:i wonder if it's shaping up to be an irene-sandy scenario where the first one is predicted to be apocalyptic but is relatively mild and then everyone will go "hey remember barry? we'll be fine" and get their poo poo totally rocked when the next one comes in this season. This is pretty likely as well-- this is the first hurricane of the season, after all. Perry Mason Jar posted:Yes, this. The city knows what they're doing. Katrina could've been a humanitarian disaster but the city knew exactly what to do, and after Katrina they've made huge improvements to their infrastructure to stop anything like Katrina impacting the city like that again. Indeed, New Orleans will likely raise a few inches further above sea level and be safer than ever before by the time this is over with.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:00 |
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Perry Mason Jar posted:Yes, this. The city knows what they're doing. Katrina could've been a humanitarian disaster but the city knew exactly what to do, and after Katrina they've made huge improvements to their infrastructure to stop anything like Katrina impacting the city like that again. i think what im hoping there is more specifically that the army corps knows what they're doing, which also lol we'll find out soon enough vv yup oystertoadfish has issued a correction as of 22:05 on Jul 12, 2019 |
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oystertoadfish posted:there's something to be said for building a weir that's at a specific height and letting the river tell you when to use it by pouring over it due to gravity. nobody can corrupt that process yeah the poor army corps of engineers reputation would sure be tarnished in new orleans if their negligence allowed it to massively flood
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:04 |
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Source4Leko posted:How high are these leeves going to end up? 50 feet? *pounding palms on table* the levees just got 10 feet higher, folks
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:33 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:yeah the poor army corps of engineers reputation would sure be tarnished in new orleans if their negligence allowed it to massively flood thank goodness that would never happen
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:36 |
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I'm watching the news livestream and being in one of these raised houses during a storm must be genuinely terrifying
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:47 |
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CODChimera posted:I'm watching the news livestream and being in one of these raised houses during a storm must be genuinely terrifying They were talking to some dude next to the lake, standing in ankle-deep water, and his son was driving up to high ground, but he was staying with his house on stilts, and why dude? You got somewhere to go, so go.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:50 |
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CODChimera posted:I'm watching the news livestream and being in one of these raised houses during a storm must be genuinely terrifying Erik Larsen's book Isaac's Storm is a really good sort of historical speculative accounting of the kind of batshit weirdness and desperation of being in this situation. if you want to read about Weather Politics for several too many pages.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 22:57 |
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Gunshow Poophole posted:Erik Larsen's book Isaac's Storm is a really good sort of historical speculative accounting of the kind of batshit weirdness and desperation of being in this situation. if you want to read about Weather Politics for several too many pages. this but with a whooole dump truck full of "actually everything will be fine lol, stop worrying" as well lol, was a whole lot of hubris goin' on
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:02 |
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its very likely not going to go over the levees now. if the river levees hold things should be mostly fine.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:17 |
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this time
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:18 |
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weather is scary
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:20 |
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:its very likely not going to go over the levees now. if the river levees hold things should be mostly fine. It's gone so far west that the rain forecasts are getting revised down.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:40 |
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PostNouveau posted:They were talking to some dude next to the lake, standing in ankle-deep water, and his son was driving up to high ground, but he was staying with his house on stilts, and why dude? You got somewhere to go, so go. obviously if he's in the house it's not going to float away
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:41 |
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I'm at relatives', and one of them has a friend in one of those real cajun places way too far south. Under mandatory evacuation right now, but she's not leaving because she has black neighbors and she thinks they'll loot her place if she leaves.
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# ? Jul 12, 2019 23:52 |
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PostNouveau posted:I'm at relatives', and one of them has a friend in one of those real cajun places way too far south. Under mandatory evacuation right now, but she's not leaving because she has black neighbors and she thinks they'll loot her place if she leaves. lol
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# ? Jul 13, 2019 00:27 |
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what are the levees made from? dirt? concrete? does it matter?
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# ? Jul 13, 2019 00:32 |
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Newest orleans Newer 'leans
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# ? Jul 13, 2019 00:42 |
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redleader posted:what are the levees made from? dirt? concrete? does it matter?
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# ? Jul 13, 2019 00:47 |
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sheet ping
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# ? Jul 13, 2019 00:48 |
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baton rouge is about to get wrecked again
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