Is this the water project called “Old River”? I read about it years ago in a book by John McPhee. Fascinating stuff.
The idiot classic rock station I listen to played *When The Levee Breaks* by Led Zeppelin twice today.
Neverf rains but it pours!
Is New Orleans going to flood again because of this volume of water coming down the Mississippi and cresting? Is this what everyone is afraid of?
Never mind, it’s a separate water project. Prayers for you guys!!
More info here:
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/projects_show_morganza_spillwa.html
and here:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20110510/NEWS01/105100316
The “Corpse” of Engineers can manage that for you; just ask the Missouri farmers.
I knew a guy who inherited some land in the Sacramento CA delta.
The levies there are nearly certain to fail in the next few years, they are scarcely maintained at all.
He liked the land he got, practically on the river.
Knowing the levee situation he cam up with a SIMPLE answer!
He built a barge with a nice little cottage sitting on it.
The barge acts as his basement and storage space.
The cottage is nicer than the average tract home.
It sits on the ground, but if the levee breaks it will float up without harm.
He will have to disconnect from the water and electric, but he has storage tanks and a generator.
The barge is well anchored, with plenty of chain to keep it in place.
If I lived in a “Spillway” I think I would take this guy as an example of superior planning.
In 1927 the Corps of Engineers blew 1500’ of levee south of New Orleans to lower the pressure/level upstream. I wonder if they are looking at something like this again?