father of waters causing huge problems

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Originally Posted by DaTruth

This isn't going to be the event that allows the Mississippi to take the course it wants to the Gulf down the Atchafalaya basin. Now failure at the Old River Control structure, which almost happened in 1973, would be absolutely devastating for New Orleans as the city would need a new source of drinking water because saltwater intrusion would occur almost to Baton Rouge.

I'll get a good look at the water levels in the Morganza spillway when I drive over it on 190 in a few weeks.

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 ...

That article I posted explained in depth the disaster to NOLA, commerce, etc if the Miss. goes down the A. I had no idea how disastrous that would be.