Here are some links for 2011 Flood information – I’ll post more as i get them.
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New: 6/1/2011
Claire Taylor recently reported in The Advertiser on a Basin trip with our friend, retired USGS scientist Charlie Demas. Its worth the look.
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New Orleans District Corps of Engineers
Rivergages
Mississippi River Flood Control
Mississippi/Atchafalaya Daily Stage and Discharge Data
New Orleans District Water Management Online
2011 Flood: Current High Water Flows – typical day (download)
2011 Flood: May 2011 Inundation Scenarios (downloads)
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
USACE/USGS Flood Monitoring Website
NOAA/National Weather Service
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service – Louisiana Stations
Riverwatch – Mississippi River Basin
Len Bahr’s Coastal Blog
Paul Kemp/John Day Editorial at CNN.com
Jim Delahoussaye’s Riverlogue
Pictures
Flyover of Morganza Spillway and Atchafalaya River after opening of Morganza gates – posted May 16, 2011 by TheAdvertiser, Lafayette, LA
There are links to more galleries at this address showing flood effects.
Scenes from the high water down around Morgan City, Berwick, Wax Lake Outlet, and the lower Bayou Chene barge barrier by Jimmie Lee.
More flood scenes from up and down the River.
National Geographic historic flood images
Times Picayune pictures from Morgan City and surrounding area
Here is the link to two of NASA’s imaging satellites. http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/2011146/ You can try different dates and get views of the whole planet. Many days down here have cloud cover, but if you can find a clear one, you can download a high resolution image of the area. Not all passes are directly overhead but those are the best ones when the sky is clear.
Other Information and Commentary
The WRKF Audio Newsroom at http://www.wrkf.org/multimedia/ has a good interview with Garret Graves of the Coastal Planning and Restoration Authority concerning the effects of the flood.
Claire Taylor recently reported in The Advertiser on a Basin trip with our friend, retired USGS scientist Charlie Demas. Its worth the look.
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