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That was then…
This is now…
With a few wet moments in between.
It started out kinda slow…
And the river got higher,
And higher and higher,
until it was a regular flood.
I don’t know why I was so fascinated with it. But I definitely was.
To make a long story short, it’s prime crawfish territory now.
Etouffe anyone?
A few trips to the spillway this week, the latest this evening.
The water has risen drastically in the past week, and it has a long way to go.
An interesting thought…
Always in the back of discussion here….
Is whether the river will change course.
And eventually flow down the Atchafalya basin; a much steeper decline to the Gulf.
Guess we’ll see.
If that happens…
Well… Guess we’ll see.
We have here some overly photoshopped snaps (forgive me, it’s a learning curve thing; I was playing around with ‘camera raw’ and ‘luminance’ and, well, it’s definitely a different look;) I took the other day while driving through the Spillway. It’s always interesting to see how high the water is getting in the spring.
Perhpas I’ve got a low threshold of excitement in my life.
More info on the Bonnet Carre Spillway here and here.
C’mon, admit it. It’s interesting!
Most of the spillway has concrete walls this high. The river is right at this level at the moment, you can see water splashing over the top and down the middle where this board is missing. Behind you can see a sliver of a large blue and red ship that’s out in the river.
Towards both sides of the spillway the concrete is lower, and the river is already flowing in through the wooden planks. It’s a lot more water than it looks like.
I don’t know what I was thinking while I was playing with photoshop. And I don’t know what convinced me I had the time to play with photoshop.
But, we see here the water flowing towards the road, where it goes under in small rivulets.
Small rivulets that pack a mean punch. I’ve seen guys on the other side of the road where these come out, holding fishing nets to catch some of the many, many fish that flow downriver each year and end up swimming through the spillway. It’s unbelievable how many fish they get doing that. Stunning, I tell you!
The dirt roads into the interior are starting to be closed off. These birds don’t seem to mind a bit.
These streams pick up some steam as they head over to the lake.
A big question after Katrina was, why they didn’t open the spillway to let the water flow out of the lake?
The lake is lower than the river! Otherwise the spillway wouldn’t work very well.
A water oak… lovely and serene. The spillway’s a lively place. And it’s about to see a lot more water.
Oh, and here’re some great views from an experienced photographer:
Sigh.