The opeing of the Morganza spillway is going to create a major problem in Louisiana.

Last night my wife and I went to dinner with two LSU friends visiting Richmond for our crawfish boil and they showed us photos of the powerful Mississippi at the LSU campus and the water level is about 20 feet from the top of the levee and rising about 9-inches a day.

I used to fish some of the areas that will be flooded and there are some nasty animals that will be heading to high and dry ground, i.e. houses, barns, sheds, etc. so after the waters receed the locals will have their hands full of snakes, gators, possums, racoons, neutria, etc.

I hope the fish population can survive those nasty Mississippi River waters with their chemicals and debris.

I also hope the damage is not as severe as projected.

You Louisiana guys keep us posted.

Thanks.

Geaux Tigers!!!

I have a couple of friends who live in Butte La Rose. They have evacuated, but are expecting to lose their home.

My heart and prayers go out to all those affected by this flooding.What a mess!

We went to our camp on Sunday to pull it out (its a camper trailor) at the Saline/Larto complex. We figured the water would be just now pouring into the bayou it sits on, but boy were we wrong. The water was 3 ft. deep all around the thing, but luckily we had about 5" before it got in when we got there. By the time we hooked it up and pulled out we only had about 2" to spare. The flood will not affect many homes around me, but everyones camps will be under. I think our lake is suppose to be about 20' deeper when the river finally does crest! Its insane. But, the good news is that the lake will be restocked with fish and when the waters reside, there will be baitfish everywhere! Good fishin too when the water is falling.

You do get a restocking, but with that comes LOTS of asian carp! They suck! My club which is an oxbow gets this every year...

Jeff

The river comes up and restocks our lake every few years, but we have never gotten any carp in there. Maybe we have just been lucky so far.

I saw on the news today that the shipping industry in New Orleans would lose $300 Million dollars a day if that port was closed. It would seem only just that the thousands of people displaced over this got compensated.