[redgolum]

Water is still rising, and will keep doing so for weeks. The remnants of the storm is dumping a lot of water in the Mississippi drainage basin.

I would suggest the Army Corp start breaking levees up stream of NOLA to help control the down stream flooding

[Wonder Warthog]

"I would suggest the Army Corp start breaking levees up stream of NOLA to help control the down stream flooding.

There is no need whatsover for this. The Mississippi River levee and floodway structures are designed to handle more water than any single hurricane can possibly drop in the drainage area. The only "downstream flooding" will be in low-lying areas of some small local rivers. The FIRST thing they would do would be to open the "Bonnet Carre" spillway--and since they have NOT done that, the corps of engineers obviously doesn't see any problems coming.