photo and info by Charlie London
Today, the Orleans Levee Board opened the main gate on Bayou St. John at Lake Ponchartrain. This was done to raise the level of the bayou which was a few inches too low. The gate stayed open a bit longer than it should have causing the level of the bayou to get much higher than usual causing concern for some residents. The drain at the other end of the bayou near Jefferson Davis Parkway has been opened so the water level should be back to normal soon.
CLEAN THAT CATCH BASIN NOW!
https://fsjna.org/2012/05/free-protection/
Before you go to work today (or if you are just coming home) clean the storm drains around your block NOW! Big line of storms coming soon. Gonna come a flood!
More about storm drain cleaning in the links:
https://fsjna.org/2012/03/gonna-come-a-flood/
and
https://fsjna.org/2012/05/free-protection/
DO IT NOW | Big line of storms coming | Clean the storm drains near your home.
https://fsjna.org/2012/05/free-protection/
CITY REMINDS RESIDENTS OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS DURING SEVERE WEATHER
Residents Should Call 911 to Report Street Flooding and NOLA311 to Report Malfunctioning Traffic Signals
NEW ORLEANS, LA—In anticipation of severe weather forecasted for the area, the City is reminding residents to monitor weather conditions and stay alert. According to the National Weather Service, heavy rain and storms will affect the area today. Rainfall of 2-4 inches along with wind is expected.
Residents should call the City’s 311 hot line for emergency preparedness information and to report malfunctioning traffic signals. Due to the potentially severe danger that could result from high water, residents should call 911 to report street flooding and life-threatening emergencies.
Residents are advised to stay at home during the severe weather unless an emergency makes it absolutely necessary for them to get on the road. The NOPD will ticket motorists who drive faster than 5 mph on streets with standing water.
The following is a list of streets prone to significant flooding during severe weather.
Calliope @ Claiborne towards Tchoupitoulas St
Calliope & Tchoupitoulas St On-ramps
I-10 and Tulane Exit towards Claiborne
Airline & Tulane Ave intersection
4400 Block of Washington
Washington Ave. near Xavier
All surrounding streets to St. Charles flooded, Gravier/Tulane/S Dupre, S Claiborne/Washington.
Claiborne/Orleans Ave.
S Carrollton/Palmetto
Magazine/St Mary
Broad/Louisiana Ave./S.Claiborne
Josephine/Prytania
Earhart/Jeff Davis-Carrollton
500 blk of Lake Marina
Canal Blvd/I-10/Navarre
Erato/S Genois/City Park/Carrollton
Washington Ave. near Xavier, Washington
Gravier/Tulane/S Dupre
S Claiborne/Washington
Simon Bolivar & Calliope coming from Loyola Ave under the overpass
Poland Ave from St Claude to N. Claiborne
S. Claiborne at Joseph
Holiday to the Crescent City Connection
Shirley and DeGaulle
DeGaulle under the Westbank Expressway
General Meyer from Pace to Shirley
Richland and General Meyer
MacArthur and Holiday
Tullis
Garden Oaks
Chelsea
Vespasian and Wall
The City’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is monitoring the severe weather and will keep residents updated through e-mail alert and the Twitter handle @nolaready.
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“Thought you would like to know that our front yard did beautifully yesterday!” This message brought to you by the owners of the Broadmoor house that used to get 8″ in their front yard after a hard rain who participated in the #FrontYardInitiative.
The driveway on the left and bioswale on the right now capture and slow water from entering the city’s system. Photo below shows what used to happen after a one-hour 2″ rain (Broadmoor got 5.49″ in a matter of hours on Aug 5.) Evans + Lighter Landscape Architecture Quality Sitework Materials Truegrid Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans. Details about the program in the link:
http://www.urbanconservancy.org/project/fyi/
The Front Yard Initiative is the Urban Conservancy’s response to excessive yard paving. Rampant front yard paving is a community issue that has broad and significant effects on the city of New Orleans from stormwater to safety.
Stormwater management in New Orleans has been characterized by regularly overwhelmed drainage systems, excessive paving and pumping that has depleted groundwater levels and led to a sinking city, and urban water assets being wasted while hidden behind walls, underground, or pumped into the river and lake. All of these issues and the failure of traditional infrastructure (levees, pipes and pumps) to protect the city from Hurricane Katrina, continuous flooding, and subsidence has led to a shift in mindset regarding the most effective and thoughtful way to manage stormwater in South Louisiana. It is clear that the single-minded approach of rushing stromwater over pavement, into pipes and pumping it out of the city needs to be reevaluated.
Schools
Cabrini High School is a private, all-girls, Catholic school which educates the minds and hearts of students in grades 8 – 12. Since its founding, Cabrini High School has been a home for its young ladies. More than 3,000 alumnae have walked these halls, sat in these classrooms, worshiped in this chapel. More than 3,000 alumnae have bonded with teachers and staff who cared about them and could call them each by name.
A Cabrinian education is rooted in the philosophy of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American citizen Saint who believed education should be of the mind and the heart. Mother Cabrini believed that education should be a relationship between the student and those whose care they have been entrusted.
Cabrini’s goal is simple: to develop women who live the core values of respect, excellence, and service not only during their high school years, but throughout their lives. We take that goal very seriously. It’s not just a slogan painted on walls or on our stationary.
Please click on Cabrini logo for more information.
McDonogh City Park Academy believes data driven instruction and meaningful engaged learning are two of the most important strategies which contribute to student achievement. Working with parents and community members, we provide a high-quality educational and enrichment program, which meets the needs of all our students at their respective academic levels and promotes high principles of character and citizenship.
Our teachers are highly qualified, passionate, and inspirational. We believe all students can learn and are committed to educating the “whole” child. Therefore, we provide our students with learning experiences which help them develop academically, emotionally, physically, and socially.
Please click on the City Park Academy logo for more information.