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Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:11 pm to NYNolaguy1
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:11 pm to NYNolaguy1
So you're saying that if ORCS did fail, there would be absolutely no water flow down the MSR? Curios question. I dont think the entire river would flow down the atchafalaya.
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:19 pm to BarryMcCokner
No it wouldnt. There would still be an assload of water going down the ms if you blew up the orcs. It wouldnt be enough to stop saltwater from pushing far upriver in the late summer/winter.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:20 pm to BarryMcCokner
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So you're saying that if ORCS did fail, there would be absolutely no water flow down the MSR? Curios question. I dont think the entire river would flow down the atchafalaya.
The thought is that when the majority of flow goes down the AR, sediment would start to deposit in that turn and eventually build a bank blocking any other water that would go down the MR
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:21 pm to BarryMcCokner
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So you're saying that if ORCS did fail, there would be absolutely no water flow down the MSR? Curios question. I dont think the entire river would flow down the atchafalaya.
I do think there would be some flow, but at drastically reduced levels reducing over time, and wherever the riverbed meets 0'0" elevation, that comes the new mouth of the river, most likely somewhere between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
There would still be a port for New Orleans, but it would be a saltwater one, not freshwater.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 5:04 pm to BarryMcCokner
The whole discussion is pretty mute because the ORCS is one of the least likely places to fail in the system. They pumped more concrete into that thing than fort Knox. Much more likely a levee failure due to runaway barge or washout.
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