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

We would see the AR and Wax Lake deltas grow much faster with a much more naturalized river system than the currently deep dredged funnel that is the MS river delta. The wildlife habitat of the basin would improve. Overall environmental gain but industry could never operate the same as the BR-Nola corridor in the basin area even if they tried to.

Crazy scenarios to think about. Read "In Control of Nature" by John McPhee. The book is three parts with one on this scenario and he writes about the flood of 73 and speculation of the future possibilities and limitations of orcs. Very good read.