Thanks
I don't want to make hijack this and make it a NO/ thread, but I have another question - related to Mississippi river flow. i river, but is this Bonnet Carre thing I've seen linked to related to the discussion about 're-routing' the MS? If I understand the discussion correctly and the MS left to it's own devices is trying to re-route out the Atchafalya? But for port/financial/cultural reasons we're trying to keep it flowing where it is?
It wants to go down the Achafalaya, at the old river lock. If it did, it would not send all the water down there, but a huge amount that would be catastrophic for those in the center of the flood. It will happen. The river is eating away at the structure, and they keep fighting it. But one year, probably in a high water year with lots of flooding, they will lose the battle.
And when it does, NO will be a back water with a much smaller river, and the rebuilt Morgan City or whatever will become the new major port...and all sorts of horrid things will happen to the economy while people are dealing with the change.
I have a long article from The New Yorker about the Mississippi and the Atchafalya, and how long the Corp has been trying to reroute it. Let me know if you want me to email it to you. You have to subscribe to New Yorker so I can't post the link. It is an excellent summary of what they are trying to do.