re: Drove La.1 over the Morganza today. The forebay is pretty high.

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Is water there all the time?

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No, on a "normal" year, the forebay wouldn't have water in it until May/June, if at all, and then dry up naturally by the fall. Most years the farmers hedge their bets and plant crops in the forebay. Over the last 5-8 years, however, the water has overtopped the "potato levee" and flooded the forebay.

If memory serves, the water has been there since the fall.