http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43031789/ns/weather/
what that article doesn't say about the morganza spillway is that they don't know that the thing will close again.
shipping may be cutoff from baton rouge south. this will affect not only the local economy, but the nation as well.
how many of those here know that you can reach the atlantic ocean thru the mississippi and up thru the great lakes? not if the father of waters gets closed.
another article i read talked about the flooding here in the arkansas delta. levees were purposely blown to save cities, to prevent other levees from failing and putting thousands of people and businesses under water. arkansas grows half the countries' rice. flooding has covered many farms, wiping out crops. look for corn, rice, and soy prices to skyrocket. crop insurance will only cover some of their losses. topsoil will be covered by sand and other flotsam left behind. farmers will attempt to start over, but yields will be lower.
we live 15 minutes from the ouachita (wa-shi-tah) river. the dam south of the port here is below the current water level, thus doing nothing to control flow.