To: gitmo
I once read that one of the largest man made projects on earth is a losing battle to keep the Mississippi River flowing down it's present course. As the river silts up, they just keep raising the levees, and in the end it will all be for naught.
Over the eons the Mississippi has alternately changed course between the present one and down through the Atchafalaya Basin, located to the north and west of New Orleans.
47 posted on
08/28/2005 6:13:16 PM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
I once read that one of the largest man made projects on earth is a losing battle to keep the Mississippi River flowing down it's present course. As the river silts up, they just keep raising the levees, and in the end it will all be for naught. Over the eons the Mississippi has alternately changed course between the present one and down through the Atchafalaya Basin, located to the north and west of New Orleans.
Ever read the book "Flood Tide" by Clive Cussler?
53 posted on
08/28/2005 6:21:44 PM PDT by
aomagrat
(Let us read from the book of Ruger, chapter 3, verse 57.)
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