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Old 05-17-2011, 12:44 AM
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Why do you think so? Do you think we are enough ahead of it? We've been lucky, not much rain the past 2 days in the country, but if we get any more ...
The COE does a good job with harnessing the Mississippi in Louisiana. Probably too good of a job, as the levee system allows silt to fly off the continental shelf instead of building up the river delta.

Lessons were learned after 1973 and improvements were made to the old river control structure system. It will probably take an earthquake knocking out the old river control structure to reroute the Mississippi now.
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Old 05-17-2011, 09:42 AM
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The COE does a good job with harnessing the Mississippi in Louisiana. Probably too good of a job, as the levee system allows silt to fly off the continental shelf instead of building up the river delta.

Lessons were learned after 1973 and improvements were made to the old river control structure system. It will probably take an earthquake knocking out the old river control structure to reroute the Mississippi now.
Hope that's true! I did read about what happened in 1973 with the scouring out, and the grout and riprap they used as fill.
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