re: Mississippi River diverging: When do we finally let it go down the Atchafalaya?

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There is too much money invested in NOLA as a port that it will never happen while we have the resources and money to keep the status quo.

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If the Dutch can keep the North Sea out of Amsterdam than we can keep the Gulf of Mexico out of New Orleans and protect the wetlands too. The difference is the Dutch aren't abunch of limp dicks and aren't afraid to piss a few ppl off and implement their plan. Their national government also will address the issue. The USA not so much. What has it been 4 or 5 years since the coast2050 was passed and we can't secure a $1billion/yr for it. You would think that both sides would be jumping over saving the wetlands. Liberals would love it because it would (if the plan worked) save the wetlands and they would suck CO2 out of the atmosphere to combat GW/CC, and conservatives would love it because it show they care about the enivorment.