The torrential rains on the Mississippi River watershed will be something to watch in the near future. While the river is controlled from natural actions to change course over time to the Atchafalaya River, the control structures haven't been exposed to what is being described as "Biblical" flooding. Time will reveal how this all works out, but if the control structures fail, the changes downstream might reveal the folly of humans.
The Keystone Army Corps of Engineers are on it. The waters of the Mississippi Delta are now being welcomed into the cherished arms of the Gulf of America where they belong.
ReplyDeleteThe water always goes to the Gulf. How it gets there depends on how many Louisiana officials need their income increased.
DeleteThe river will always win, eventually.
ReplyDeleteIt almost did years ago. Boulders the size of cars disappeared from the dam holding back the Mississippi at the junction of the Atchafalaya. They managed to stop a complete failure, and built another dam downstream.
DeleteWhich is actually LONG overdue!
ReplyDeleteThe levees on the Mississippi stretch thousands of miles. They protect at this time, but if the system at the Atchafalaya is ever breached, the work to contain it again will take longer than the areas below that area will survive economically.
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