{"id":857,"date":"2011-05-23T21:14:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basinbuddies.vu-la.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2025-04-21T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:35:20","slug":"flood-info-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basinbuddies.org\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"2011 Flood Info Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some links for 2011 Flood information – I’ll post more as i get them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Claire Taylor<\/strong> recently reported<\/strong><\/a> in The Advertiser<\/strong> on a Basin trip with our friend, retired USGS scientist Charlie Demas<\/strong>. Its worth the look.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans District Corps of Engineers<\/h3>\n

Rivergages<\/a><\/h4>\n

Mississippi River Flood Control<\/a><\/h4>\n

Mississippi\/Atchafalaya Daily Stage and Discharge Data<\/a><\/h4>\n

New Orleans District Water Management Online<\/a><\/h4>\n

2011 Flood: Current High Water Flows – typical day<\/a> (download)<\/h4>\n

2011 Flood: May 2011 Inundation Scenarios (downloads)<\/h4>\n

Scenario 1<\/a><\/h5>\n
Scenario 2<\/a><\/h5>\n
Scenario 3<\/a><\/h5>\n

USACE\/USGS Flood Monitoring Website
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NOAA\/National Weather Service<\/h3>\n

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service – Louisiana Stations<\/a><\/h4>\n

Riverwatch – Mississippi River Basin<\/a><\/h4>\n

Len Bahr’s Coastal Blog<\/a><\/h3>\n

Paul Kemp\/John Day Editorial at CNN.com<\/a><\/h3>\n

Jim Delahoussaye’s Riverlogue<\/a><\/h3>\n

Pictures<\/h3>\n

Flyover of Morganza Spillway and Atchafalaya River<\/a> after opening of Morganza gates – posted May 16, 2011 by TheAdvertiser, Lafayette, LA
\nThere are links to more galleries at this address showing flood effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scenes<\/a> from the high water down around Morgan City, Berwick, Wax Lake Outlet, and the lower Bayou Chene barge barrier by Jimmie Lee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More flood scenes<\/a> from up and down the River. <\/em><\/strong> <\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

National Geographic historic flood images<\/a>
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Times Picayune pictures<\/a> from Morgan City and surrounding area<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the link to two of NASA’s imaging satellites. http:\/\/rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov\/realtime\/2011146\/<\/a> 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.
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Other Information and Commentary<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The WRKF Audio Newsroom at http:\/\/www.wrkf.org\/multimedia\/<\/a> has a good interview with Garret Graves of the Coastal Planning and Restoration Authority concerning the effects of the flood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claire Taylor recently reported<\/a> in The Advertiser on a Basin trip with our friend, retired USGS scientist Charlie Demas. Its worth the look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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