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People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 7:45 AM
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They copycat named their stadium "Death Valley" yet the highest elevation in the state is 535' which is located 215 miles away from the LSU campus. The elevation of Baton Rouge is ~56'.
Ain't no valleys in the entire state.
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Re: People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 7:53 AM
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I didn't know this, so I looked it up. It's in Pickens County.
"The highest point in South Carolina is Sassafras Mountain at 3,560 feet above sea level."
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Re: People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 7:58 AM
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Stop reading into coot propaganda... the highest point in the carolinas is where we hoist our trophies.
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Re: People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 10:58 AM
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They just (within the last 12 months) built an observation deck on Sassafras Mountain that's apparently got an amazing view (and a challenging trail to the top, for the hikers in the room). I really want to take my scout troop there.
We share Sassafras Mountain with North Carolina, which I think is kind of unfortunate since it doesn't even make their Top 250 highest peaks list (not even close--but Top 250 is as large as list as I could find with a quick search).
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Re: People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 8:03 AM
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Sounds to me like most of the state IS s valley.
Worse yet, isn’t a majority of the city of New Orleans (built) BELOW sea level?
Thus, one would think they are lower than a valley, right?
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Re: People from Louisiana are geographically challenged
Jan 8, 2020, 8:14 AM
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Not a valley...a swamp! Major rivers on both edges and right up the middle!
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New Orleans and Sea Level
Jan 8, 2020, 8:58 AM
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New Orleans was founded in 1718. It was an ideal port because it was high ground (stay with me now) upriver from the mouth of the Mississippi, but it allowed transshipment inland by a short portage to Bayou St John to Lake Pontchartrain. From there, you could ship in small boats to Bayou Lacombe or Bayou Manchac to trade with the interior.
The oldest parts of New Orleans are ABOVE sea level. My place is something like 13 MSL.
As the City grew, settlers drained the swamps in what is now Mid City. It also expanded East into swampier areas, and west to the swampiest margin (Kenner).
Levees start as natural high ground near a major river. The areas closest to a river are high ground, as silt from overflows has built them up over thousands of years.
The Mississippi is now contained and channeled within man made levees for hundreds of miles. These levees are managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Neither the City nor Louisiana controls what the Corps does. Moreover, the Corps has absolute immunity by law for its flood control actions. Basically, you can’t sue them no matter how they screwed up. The Corps major goal is to keep the Mississippi from shifting its course, which it would do if left alone. A course change would leave the “ American Ruhr” of the petrochemical industry high and dry. The levees are just part of the Corps’ planning for project design flood. It wants to protect the River in its present course more than it does New Orleans.
The Corps screwed up on a macro and micro level. That caused most of the flooding in Katrina.
Now can we please stop with the sick Katrina jokes and the too-dumb-to-live-above-sea-level banter?
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I grew up in goose creek
Jan 8, 2020, 11:35 AM
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Anytime we got more than an inch of rain thre back yard would flood up to the porch.
Hugo put it in the house .. had alligators roaming the back yard for a few weeks after hugo but they were small enough for our dog to kill.
I gotta agree.. building below sea level Is stupid especially in a swamp.
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Re: New Orleans and Sea Level
Jan 8, 2020, 12:13 PM
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I have not seen a single Katrina joke on this board .... only heard about them from LSU supporters. Please point me to one and I will be among the vast vast majority of Clemson fans to tell them to take their posts elsewhere. They are not wanted here.
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Or you could say the WHOLE state is a valley?***
Jan 8, 2020, 8:59 AM
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