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In Krotz Springs, Louisiana, one of the towns in the Atchafalaya River basin bracing for floodwaters, Monita Reed, 56, recalled the last time the Morganza was opened in 1973.
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The Krotz Springs area was in a sliver of land about 70 miles long and 20 miles wide, north of Morgan City, and could get water in about 12 hours.
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Only the 80,000-barrel-a-day Krotz Springs, La., refinery, owned by Alon USA Energy, remained in direct danger of the floodwaters.
Gasoline Futures Slump, Leading Crude Lower Dan Strumpf 2011
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About 1,500 residents in nearby St. Landry Parish were bracing for flooding, much of it in the town of Krotz Springs, said Lisa Vidrine , the parish's director of emergency preparedness.
Threat From Flooded River Flows South Mike Esterl 2011
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Farther up the Atchafalaya River, St. Landry Parish imposed a mandatory evacuation last Sunday for several areas outside the ring levees protecting Krotz Springs and Melville.
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Despite the mandatory evacuation order, Krotz Springs town clerk Suzanne Bellau said it was unlikely the sheriff's office would force people to leave.
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Krotz Springs is roughly 30 miles closer to the floodgates, and sheriff's deputies ordered people to evacuate Sunday morning even though the water hadn't yet arrived.
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About 11 miles north of Krotz Springs in the town of Melville, parts of the town not protected by levees were under a mandatory evacuation order.
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Just outside Krotz Springs, 23-year-old Jake Nolan said National Guard troops knocked on the door of his home in a subdivision to tell his mother of the evacuation order.
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Farther up the Atchafalaya River, St. Landry Parish imposed a mandatory evacuation last Sunday for several areas outside the ring levees protecting Krotz Springs and Melville.
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