The cause of all this is the flood control measures along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Without the levees and the many other attempts to control the Big Muddy, New Orleans would be a landlocked city and the waters of the Mississippi would be flowing down the Atchafalaya River. Without the levees, these rivers would flood most years depositing sediment that would cause the marshes to be rejuvenated and sold land would also grow.
All of the sediment that would protect and grow the marshes and the solid land now flow all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, leaving enough between the levees to require constant dredging to keep a navigable channel up to Baton Rouge.
So, dis problem is not jus Thibodeaux, but son ami Boudreaux done got da same ole problem. So what dey gonna do?
spot on
Yea. The corp of engineers is not too popular here.