[flyover]

Except for blaming Jendahl, I agree with your statement. It appears they are willing to destroy the entire Mississippi Basin in order to save New Orleans. The levees in Southeast Missouri were blown to save Cairo Ill and ultimately New Orleans. I doubt that the city of Cairo was worth as much as the cost of the crops and homes in Southeast Missouri but the cost to the Corp of Engineers would have been much greater in that the claim that "the Corp is racist" would be heard for the next 10 years.

[trumandogz]

It is in your best interest that the New Orleans area does not flood.

[CajunConservative]

This is exactly why the spillway was built. It’s mostly water and swamps in the basin anyway.