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Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:16 pm
by Wildfowler
45,000 flowing backwards? Is that total flow?
Well... 15,000 more if pumps were running doesn’t sound so trivial to me? What is that? 33% more into the yazoo?
Am I wrong thinking about it like that?
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:35 pm
by stang67
Yes and no. It’s only flowing backward in situations that the water levels are low upstream. You’d never see high backward rates when it’s already flooded upstream.
Just think about what kinda water you’d have to be pouring into the street to back it up in the backyard.
The upper Yazoo (Gwood) floods from rainwater, not backwater flooding from the Big Muddy.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:46 pm
by Wildfowler
I was just trying to think about the other places between steel bayou and greenwood that po monk may have been referring to?
There’s a lot of other flood gates along the yazoo that won’t be getting any pumps.
Wonder how far upstream that extra water would go? I couldn’t find any of the “flow” data on any of the yazoo gauges. And for several weeks it “looked” like there was no current under the river bridges at both yazoo city and belzoni.
I’m not saying I think it was flat all the way to Vicksburg but it sure looked like the water was not flowing at all.
Thanks
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:07 pm
by stang67
I wouldn’t guess that the wave would make it far past the IP mill at Redwood. Maybe DR2’s Willow Break or Dixie Farms.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:05 am
by jacksbuddy
Ok. Who else has seen the billboards? "If you liked Kemper, you'll love the pumps." And who is the .org that is shown? After hearing all of the news lately, I would think that these guys would be left without a leg to stand on.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:01 am
by Wildfowler
I thought it said “drain the pumps dot org” but that doesn’t seem to do anything. So what do I know?
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:14 pm
by eSJay
jacksbuddy wrote:Ok. Who else has seen the billboards? "If you liked Kemper, you'll love the pumps." And who is the .org that is shown? After hearing all of the news lately, I would think that these guys would be left without a leg to stand on.
Likely referring to the Kemper County clean coal power plant fiasco.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:16 pm
by donia
eSJay wrote:jacksbuddy wrote:Ok. Who else has seen the billboards? "If you liked Kemper, you'll love the pumps." And who is the .org that is shown? After hearing all of the news lately, I would think that these guys would be left without a leg to stand on.
Likely referring to the Kemper County clean coal power plant fiasco.
...because the Beef Plant fiasco wasn't quite enough of a teaching moment for our leaders.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:05 pm
by jacksbuddy
donia wrote:eSJay wrote:jacksbuddy wrote:Ok. Who else has seen the billboards? "If you liked Kemper, you'll love the pumps." And who is the .org that is shown? After hearing all of the news lately, I would think that these guys would be left without a leg to stand on.
Likely referring to the Kemper County clean coal power plant fiasco.
...because the Beef Plant fiasco wasn't quite enough of a teaching moment for our leaders.
Soo, do they want the pumps or not? I get the distinct impression that they do NOT want to pumps. If that's the case; Based on the news, they are barking up an empty tree, ain't they?
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:20 pm
by stang67
jacksbuddy wrote:
Soo, do they want the pumps or not? I get the distinct impression that they do NOT want to pumps. If that's the case; Based on the news, they are barking up an empty tree, ain't they?
Sounds like they are opposed.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:22 pm
by teul2
Po Monk.
Another thing of note in the "will the pumps affect me" thread, it is of note that the Ft Pemberton gauge in Greenwood is a good 50ft +/- higher in elevation than the one at the Steel Bayou structure where the pumps would be located. It would take A LOT of water between here and there to effect us this far North.
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:51 am
by JaMak84
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:30 am
by Wildfowler
Just saw this in the newspaper:
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:35 am
by Wildfowler
Re: Yazoo Backwater Pump back in the news
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:36 am
by Wildfowler
Darn it. Can’t read it.
Benefit concert south delta flooding. Nov 2. Leland, MS.
Edit: Click the photo to read it.