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re: Hypothetical: Could modern day engineers move the Lower Mississippi River?

Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:40 pm to
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116175 posts
Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:40 pm to
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Baton Rrouge and New Orleans would be high and dry.


Exactly why the Corps won't let it happen. It will one day, but not anytime soon. It would take years to build infrastructure to handle the load of traffic, more like decades.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48861 posts
Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:44 pm to
It's a direct shot to the gulf from there and she wants to run straight. They have almost lost that structure a few times and better keep their fingers crossed. If it ever does go there is no way to change the course.
Posted by achenator
Member since Oct 2014
2958 posts
Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:49 pm to
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It would take years to build infrastructure to handle the load of traffic, more like decades.
For sure. They have been trying to get a new Industrial Lock in NOLA for almost 60 years LOL
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