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Flooding in BR?


itsjustme3

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You guys are unfortunately correct. I've heard unofficial projections of 48.9 feet at the Baton Rouge gauge and that is with opening Morganza.

Lowest point on the Levee at Baton Rouge is slightly over 47 feet- downtown.

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So there's no way of knowing what area is going to flood until it actually does?

You can look up FEMA maps.

If the levee downtown is topped, and there is no guarantee that it will, it wouldn't reach far into downtown....but River Road south and

the area between the levee and the railroad out towered the LSU vet school may be in danger of flooding.

Most of Baton Rouge is on a bluff.

If there is a break, then we are looking at a much different scenario. Generally, south of Highland road is the danger zone, but this sort of thing is difficult to predict.

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