tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post7671715346735829667..comments2024-03-28T05:05:04.187-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Flood UpdateKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-236083676264786082020-02-15T16:24:45.447-06:002020-02-15T16:24:45.447-06:00there’s a Quinn Street in Jackson, & a Peter Q...there’s a Quinn Street in Jackson, & a Peter Quinn Drive, but where is Quinn Drive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49970620106708693992020-02-14T12:43:04.881-06:002020-02-14T12:43:04.881-06:00Jackson has been in a perpetual state of emergency...Jackson has been in a perpetual state of emergency for over 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-59377168040996478232020-02-14T11:02:32.953-06:002020-02-14T11:02:32.953-06:00Wonder why Baby Chock decided that you can only ge...Wonder why Baby Chock decided that you can only get the sand before 5 in the evening. Is the site fenced in and will be locked after five? They aren't providing workers to help, so its not an overtime issue. Are they locking the site so that nobody will steal the free sand? <br /> <br />Other than being afraid to have citizens in that area of the radical new city after dark what's the use in making folks do this during what normal people consider working hour. I realize that many in our bold, or radical, or whatever we are now city don't work, but some in the flood prone areas do in fact have jobs.<br /><br />Why not leave this site available other than 8-5 for folks to bring their shovels and load up a few bags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-13737709547800082922020-02-14T09:17:02.196-06:002020-02-14T09:17:02.196-06:00You know, Dale Danks is still around and going str...You know, Dale Danks is still around and going strong, and Baby Chok would be wise to seek his guidance. But we all know that he won't and the reasons why. I hate it for all those that are going to be affected by this flood, especially the residents of Jackson. Y'all are not going to get much help from Baby Chok and his minions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-3806959527293108602020-02-14T08:23:43.825-06:002020-02-14T08:23:43.825-06:00P.S. Sandbags also won't do much good unless y...P.S. Sandbags also won't do much good unless you have a pump to get rid of the water that still gets through. Again, people are being given false hope about using sandbags.Louis LeFleurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-80165627920655394542020-02-14T08:20:42.451-06:002020-02-14T08:20:42.451-06:00Sandbags are great for flash flooding, and all but...Sandbags are great for flash flooding, and all but useless in backwater flooding, at least once the water level reaches your tub/toilet drains. A lot of people are going to a lot of effort in vain. There needs to be some honest education about this vs. giving people false hope. Just sayin....Louis LeFleurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16135521770378714902020-02-14T06:56:44.282-06:002020-02-14T06:56:44.282-06:00This is going to be a lot of water...for a while. ...This is going to be a lot of water...for a while. Everyone loves their slosh models and predicting where the water goes, but if you are close to where they are predicting it to flood and not significantly uphill, you need to take precaution. This will get interesting because they are going to redline the reservoir for several days. The development of the area is significantly different than 1979 or 1983 as well as the capacity of the reservoir because of silt deposition. My guess is Kennef will get his wish and some of these newer neighborhoods around the Rez will get flooded as well as a chunk of Pearl and bye bye Richland. Also, historically Town Creek has been the biggest flooding issue in Jackson and it hasn’t had any significant maintenance in 30 years, so we’ll see where it ends up.Pappy Odanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46303930527814318852020-02-13T22:46:22.267-06:002020-02-13T22:46:22.267-06:00For the evil men do I will wash away in a Flood so...For the evil men do I will wash away in a Flood so say the LORD!<br />For the accursed things men hold on to I will wash away in a Flood<br /><br /><br />Johnny Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367909451997509799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72006511071865941082020-02-13T22:19:09.847-06:002020-02-13T22:19:09.847-06:00This isn’t a flash flood, it’s a river flood. If ...This isn’t a flash flood, it’s a river flood. If you’re in a low lying area with the potential to flood, dont scan your pictures, take them to high ground and save them. Take all you can that’s in the floor of your house and move it to a friends house or somewhere out of the way. Get a small canoe/John boat to put couches and such in if you can’t move them and leave in the house. Put stuff on cinder blocks to get it off the floor. You have the time to be proactive, right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-17900571010590973492020-02-13T21:44:31.034-06:002020-02-13T21:44:31.034-06:00Yes 852, this is higher. Maybe you don't have ...Yes 852, this is higher. Maybe you don't have access to any other news source, Google, or other social media other than JJ, so to help you out ----------- <br /><br />This is higher.<br /><br /><br />Now, if you want to know more, this is going to be four feet higher on the Pearl. A few weeks ago the Pearl crested between 34.5 and 35. This is estimated today to crest at 38.5 over the weekend. <br /><br />So yes - this is higher.<br /><br />And, before you ask and to save you the problem, that would be slightly above the 1983 Pearl crest and below the 1979 (43.5) crest.<br /><br />Glad to help. Rather do that than go fill sandbags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-69414166781946695172020-02-13T21:44:11.191-06:002020-02-13T21:44:11.191-06:00Boys & girls, I lived for 15 years in St. Char...Boys & girls, I lived for 15 years in St. Charles Parish (one of the riches if not the richest in LA.) and guess what. No public employee ever filled bags for me. I either had friends help or able bodied men and women volunteered to help. Everyone knows the location let's step up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20497398022098261412020-02-13T21:42:36.895-06:002020-02-13T21:42:36.895-06:00Dale Danks and the governor came at with “ shoot l...Dale Danks and the governor came at with “ shoot looters on site” decree during the Easter flood.<br />There was only one recorded looting event. They requested that churches and local varsity sports teams help with sandbags, moving of need residents, and in the clean up. We reported to emergency personnel stations and were transported by first responders, road crews and national guard trucks to levees or to poor neighborhoods and put to work. Restaurants brought us food for days straight. We had shot guns to shoot floating nests of snakes. It was tough work but we met other football teams from all over the city and helped out to the degree we could. The mayor made his rounds and thanked us all and it wasn’t for photo ops. That is when Jackson worked as a city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-176666940251411022020-02-13T21:22:08.156-06:002020-02-13T21:22:08.156-06:008:59 - If you were mayor and thought you had the a...8:59 - If you were mayor and thought you had the authority to 'call out' the national guard and highway patrol, we'd have Ernest T. Bass in elective office. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-65246208570883935782020-02-13T21:07:48.003-06:002020-02-13T21:07:48.003-06:00Well folks at the Barrington with that sneaky back...Well folks at the Barrington with that sneaky back driveway don’t have to worry about getting flooded I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-62635069916788675242020-02-13T21:01:42.466-06:002020-02-13T21:01:42.466-06:00Chokwe was on local news and kept referring to the...Chokwe was on local news and kept referring to the flooding as a storm that was coming on Sat night or Sunday. Maybe David Hartman can explain the difference to him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-43399424541013733922020-02-13T20:59:07.359-06:002020-02-13T20:59:07.359-06:00If I was mayor I would declare state of emergency,...If I was mayor I would declare state of emergency, I would call out the national guard, Mississippi State Troopers, and the Hinds County Sheriff to help with help with mandatory evacuation. Anyone needing sandbag would be able to 24 hours. I would have evacuation centers open help with any displace homeowner that flooding with getting help to rebuild. I would push Donna Ladd into the Pearl to save the city. Vote for Morgan Douglas of Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45854810687166693002020-02-13T20:53:07.879-06:002020-02-13T20:53:07.879-06:00Thank you Lumumba for giving us this information. ...Thank you Lumumba for giving us this information. I hope it was a lot of help to those residents that live on "Unknown Street". <br /><br />I wanted to go help them evacuate, but I couldn't find said Unknown Street on the city maps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-84170398528996004702020-02-13T20:52:05.311-06:002020-02-13T20:52:05.311-06:00How high was the crest in January? Is this higher...How high was the crest in January? Is this higher?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-77541626293201723482020-02-13T20:50:17.874-06:002020-02-13T20:50:17.874-06:00Its interesting that this "press conference&q...Its interesting that this "press conference" was held at the Hinds County EOC headquarters. How many people know that contractually the COJ is to supply Hinds County with a facility to house the county EOC, presumably because it makes sense for the county and the capitol city to be coordinated? Soooo, Jackson put them in the basement of Eudora Welty Library where the EOC has to constantly scoop out water with buckets and send people home when the mold count gets too high? Jackson has fought the county every step of the way when Hinds has sought to move the EOC. And here we are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48924385643927095562020-02-13T20:43:53.369-06:002020-02-13T20:43:53.369-06:00Why the hell do all you complainers not appreciati...Why the hell do all you complainers not appreciating that Chockwe has all the public works employees over at the zoo, trying to repair it up to USDA standards so that he can get a license - so that he can close it because there is no money to operate and his 'world-famous contractor" has no interest in taking it over. So - who would you expect to fill these sand bags for the citizens? The city workers are "busy" - not fixing broken water lines, or collapsed sewer lines, or patching potholes, or repairing equipment so they could be used to patch potholes, or ----- anything else except making improvements at the closed down outdated zoo.<br /><br />Of course he could do like other governments often do during emergencies - that is, use convicts (sorry Patricia, but that's the term that most of us understand) to help do this manual labor during an emergency. Probably that concept is against his community organizing, radical city concepts. But - with the song "How high's the water, mama" singing in the background, he ought to realize his salary, driver, bodyguard and all his escorts are given to him because he is supposed to be leading the city. The concept was to be leading it forward. Maybe somebody needs to turn his ass around to realize where we should be heading, not where he has us today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54545706786695255072020-02-13T20:42:53.076-06:002020-02-13T20:42:53.076-06:00Baby chokwe... he loves his face on a political si...Baby chokwe... he loves his face on a political sign... however, beyond that he's a clueless goof! The guy was born with a silverspoon... my sister went to St. Joe with him and my brother lives in his neighborhood. All say he's nice guy just not a clue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-7545264833554247052020-02-13T20:41:19.040-06:002020-02-13T20:41:19.040-06:00So if one wants to go fill bags to help, where doe...So if one wants to go fill bags to help, where does one go? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10938158262336608152020-02-13T20:36:03.297-06:002020-02-13T20:36:03.297-06:005:42 - you are either an idiot, or a disgruntled P...5:42 - you are either an idiot, or a disgruntled PW employee. Or both - that certainly is possible.<br /><br />Dr. Williams is good; he does know what is going on; and he is competent. But - to think that he excels Bob Miller in knowledge, experience or practical ability, you obviously don't know s**t about what you talk (or type) about. <br /><br />The fact that the smart one (Miller) is not in the lead is because Baby Chock is beginning to get afraid of him - because he knows what he is talking about and will not sugar-coat anything to protect anybody.<br /><br />But if you want to start comparing who "knows what is going on" and you exclude Miller, you, my friend, is who doesn't know anything about what is going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35935727324893734302020-02-13T20:32:22.113-06:002020-02-13T20:32:22.113-06:00Vicksburg also has a leader for a Mayor!! Mayor Fl...Vicksburg also has a leader for a Mayor!! Mayor Flaggs GETS IT!!fed up in Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856236105839390950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72376111721532153992020-02-13T20:16:29.805-06:002020-02-13T20:16:29.805-06:00This is a sorry pathetic lame brained lazy no good...This is a sorry pathetic lame brained lazy no good for nothing sniffless spineless boneheaded excuse of an administration. Where’s the Tylenol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com