re: spinoff- What happens when the Mississippi reroutes through the Atchafalaya?

BR to NOLA will look like Chernobyl.

Doubtful that many of the chem plants will up an relocate to the new flow. Either they will find new ways to transport their materials out, or will relocate overseas.

Irony, I guess, is that Greenpeace will get their wish of shutting down all of the big polluters. It will come at the trade off of devestating the US economy and more CO2 into the atmosphere once they get cranked up in the 3rd world countries.