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Rivers falling, but stages remain high
Fifth District Levee Board President Reynold Minsky said this week that future river stages concern him more than present stages.
"Right now, we've got nothing big coming down the Mississippi, but I am concerned that the river is as high as it is and we're getting into the rainy season for the Ohio and Missouri Valleys," said Minsky. "It's what might come in the future that I'm worried about."
Although the Mississippi and interior rivers continue to fall, river stages remain well above normal for this time of year, he said. The Ouachita River at Monroe was two and one-half feet above flood stage on Tuesday and falling. On November 12, the Mississippi at Vicksburg reached 40 feet, 12 feet higher than the same date reading in 1926, which was followed by the Great Flood of 1927.
Minsky noted last month that the river is following "the same pattern as in 1926, but it's higher."
Minsky said this week "there is some water moving down river" due reservoir draw downs in the Tennessee-Cumberland, Illinois and Ohio regions.
"They are releasing water every day from these reservoirs which are full," he said. "If we get rain on top of this it will compound problems."
He said the possibility exits "that we'll probably have some high water. It's doesn't mean we will but it looks that way. We can take a high water as long as it doesn't get above 1927 stages."
He added, "I think we could handle a '73 water again. We handled that last year."
Minsky said work continues to raise the Mississippi mainline level from four to six feet at locations between I-20 south to Concordia.
"We raised the levee south of Vidalia and will do work from there to the north of Vidalia," said Minsky. He said work has been delayed because presently the contractors are unable to "get dirt off Giles Island until the river goes down." |
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