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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Terrible situation for all involved, doesn't seem to be any good answers, thousands will suffer no matter what action is taken. My prayers are with everyone!
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Ditto. We've been fighting the normal changing of course of our major rivers for the past 200 years, slowing them, narrowing them, removing their floodplains, as we decided they needed to stay in one predictable channel so we could build and settle alongside them. Now we are confronted with the consequence of our commitment to how we have managed our waterways, as to not lose the ports and industry at New Orleans. At the expense of thousands of rural people, and acres of valuable farmland. Sad choice.
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what that article doesn't say about the morganza spillway is that they don't know that the thing will close again.
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You made the point right there.
Wikipedia has been updated with flood plain info for Morganza:
