Tangipahoa Dam

[Badnina]

About 15 minutes ago the 50-60k people in that area were given 90 minutes to evacuate. The dam is going to break. Tangipahoa flows down to Lake Ponchatrain. There is also a dam in McComb, MS that is weaking, which heads basically in the same direction. This is not good.

 

[Cami]

Where the hell is this?

hmmm.....so is the other town being evacuated too?

 

[Badnina]

Louisiana. While Isaac was not a HUGE hurricane like Katrina, he stalled and dumped rain. The dams cannot handle the amount of water and are starting to give way. Hmmmm....the 49 States of America?

 

[plommer]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/louisiana-orders-evacuations-as-dam-threatens-to-break-1.935888

 

[Badnina]

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/spann


I really have one of the best meteoralogist around.

 

[RoadDog]

Wow

 

[Cami]

Hmmmm....the 49 States of America?

huh?

Do you live near there?

Man, I feel so bad for people. The possibility of losing their homes and everything in it, I couldn't begin to imagine how awful that would be, and where are they going, and what about people who don't have cars or much money?

 

[Badnina]

I am far north of that. There isn't any way to get that many people out in time. That is the sad realization

 

[Cami]

Nina that is :sad:

 

[Oksana]

I can't even pronounce any of this bloody ass but because of Nina, now I'm obsessively concerned.

Are they getting out of there now?

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/30/flooding-emergency-in-slidell/comment-page-2/

 

[Badnina]

I was wrong. It's in Mississippi. Said there is a 50% chance of imminent failure of the dam. They are continuing sand bag efforts and may do a controlled breach.

 

[stevek173]

Messed up

I hope everyone escapes