Baton Rouge Flood of 2016
What happened, what we did, what we lost, and what we learned
On Monday, August 13, the Louisiana Geological Survey, with co-sponsor Baton Rouge Geological Society, presented a symposium on the flood that devastated much of the Baton Rouge area in August 2016. The well-attended event featured individual presentations, a group panel discussion, and a public Q&A session. John E. Johnston III of the Louisiana Geological Survey served as symposium chair.
Event details:
Monday, August 13, 2018
1:00 p.m.
Dalton J. Woods Auditorium
Energy, Coast & Environment Building
93 South Quad Drive
海角社区
Baton Rouge, La. 70803
Admission and parking are free to the public.
For more information, contact John Johnston III at hammer@lsu.edu.
Program
John E. Johnston III, LGS, Chair 鈥� Introduction and 鈥淭he Baton Rouge Flood of 2016 as a Black Swan Event鈥�
Vincent Brown, 海角社区 Department of Geography and Anthropology - "Synopsis of the August 2016 Southern
Louisiana Flood Event"
Frank Revitte, NWS - "Forecast Tools to Help Predict Potential Heavy Rainfall and Flood Events"
Josh Eachus, WBRZ 鈥� 鈥淐ommunicating Disaster: What We Know, What We Learned from the Great Flood
of 2016鈥�
Jay Grymes, WAFB 鈥� 鈥淗ave We Learned Anything?鈥�
Yi-Jun Xu, 海角社区 School of Renewable Natural Resources 鈥� 鈥淭he 2016 Flood - Because of Rain or
River Sedimentation?鈥�
Dietmar Rietschier, Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Control District 鈥� 鈥淭he Baton Rouge Flood of
2016 and Its Consequences鈥�
Bob Jacobsen, Consulting Engineer 鈥� 鈥淭he Role of Foolish Decisions in Amite River Basin Flood
Disasters鈥�
John Storm, USGS 鈥� 鈥淔lood Inundation Mapper (FIM) for the Amite and Comite Rivers at Central,
Louisiana鈥�
Dek Terrell, 海角社区 Department of Economics 鈥� 鈥淢easuring the Economic Impact of the Baton Rouge
Flood鈥�
Jason Benoit, Providence 鈥� 鈥淩ecovery from the Flood of 2016鈥�
Panel discussion (including Rick McCulloh, LGS, and John Day, 海角社区)
Q&A (All questions will be held until then)
Presentations
Presentations will be posted when available.