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    That's a he'll of a lot of ice. It's going to melt one day and all that water will come through the Mississippi.


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    Bridge floating away in NE

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlWY_COvuk


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    I had to drive back from Plaquemine on Friday and took the "back way" through Pierre Part and Morgan City due to that I-10 closure. Never been back that way but waterways like the Avoca Island Cutoff were swollen to the point they was lying water on the roadways.


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    The Mississippi river at Vicksburg is down about 0.3 foot in the last three or four days. Baton Ruoge is holding steady. They are prdictiong the river to continue to recede at Vicksburg until March 30. We shall see.


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    The entire length of the Mississippi river is above flood stage. This includes those areas where snow melt has not started.

    Some roads are closed due to high water in lower St. Martin parish.


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    Quote Originally Posted by HelmutVII View Post
    The entire length of the Mississippi river is above flood stage. This includes those areas where snow melt has not started.

    Some roads are closed due to high water in lower St. Martin parish.
    .......So now what? Gates open ? What happened to the receding that was happening? Thanks so much for filling us in with the info!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boomer View Post
    .......So now what? Gates open ? What happened to the receding that was happening? Thanks so much for filling us in with the info!!!
    The water is holding steady and is predicted to recede. Morganza gates will be opened only when the conditions warrant.

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    Ragin4U's Avatar Ragin4U is offline Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Fan for Sure

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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshal.../#7bbc97e950a8

    A good article that explains the cascade of events that led to the flooding in the Mid-West and may contribute to our issues in the lower Mississippi.
    Don't get nervous ya snowflakes, they don't mention anthropogenic climate change.


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    These quotes caught my eye...

    In 1900, around 5 percent of the water from the Red River and the upper Mississippi was going down the Atchafalaya; by the 1950s, the Atchafalaya was collecting about 30 percent, said Tulane University professor Mead Allison, director of physical processes and sediment systems at the Water Institute in Baton Rouge.

    Had the trend been allowed to continue, the Atchafalaya would have become the predominant path of the Mississippi River by the 1970s or 1980s, Allison said.

    The most extreme proposal he’s heard is to allow the Mississippi River to adopt the Atchafalaya channel, but to use tools like the control structure to make sure the switch happens in a gradual, scheduled way. Barnett emphasized that he is not advocating that path, though it would put an end to the Corps’ “arms race with mother nature.”
    What Barnett calls the most extreme proposal is actually the most practical. We've seen the warning signs. Will we ignore them? What will the next generation think of us when the story of how 100,000 people drowned gets told because we stuck our heads in the mud?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CajunNation View Post
    These quotes caught my eye...






    What Barnett calls the most extreme proposal is actually the most practical. We've seen the warning signs. Will we ignore them? What will the next generation think of us when the story of how 100,000 people drowned gets told because we stuck our heads in the mud?
    I think they need to understand the significance of salt water intrusion up the Mississippi River up to Baton rouge (Possibly). This should not be underestimated as the amount of coastal erosion would be extreme. The salt water would kill all, what is now, native vegetation and result in bare soil that would easily erode. Also, the cities that rely on the Mississippi for drinking water would have to modify their water treatment plants to remove salt from the water.

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