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.
I just started this thread but thought I'd give a link here -
-Forbes business today predicts that gas will go up to $7 a gallon in some places shortly due to the strain on the refineries.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490652/posts