It took a while in the 1970's to complete Interstate 10 across this swamp.
Anyone who has ever driven the stretch from Lafayette to Baton Rouge knows they are going to be traveling about 30 miles on a continuous bridge over the swamp.
Now there is some natural gas and oil production in the basin.
And there is some farmland.
But it has been an area that is flooded when the Mississippi threatens to flood Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The Atchafalaya River goes near Morgan City -- so this city is in danger of some flooding -- depending on how long and how much water is released.
Releasing sooner is better than later.
It is possible to stop some of the release and let the Atchafalaya Basin water start flowing to the Gulf, and then release some water.
What really needs to be done is set up some lakes along the Mississippi that water can be diverted into when there is a significant Spring thaw.
There are Western US Cities that would love the prospect of getting millions of acres of water.
The real cost of such an effort is the energy to pump the water -- in some cases to higher elevations to get them to Western Destinations.
Of course, when the Dimwit Democrats and Obama flushed a trillion dollars down the toilet on the stimulus, they realized this, and projected for the future.
Oh, I forget, they are a bunch DIMWITS
Thinking in not their pay grade.
good post