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

Wouldn't it be good environmentally for the state in the long run?

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i think the red should be cocodrie, and green should be teche.. unless theres a secret reasoning for them being reversed

Morgan City go bye-bye

I would think those are correct : dunno : the red comes out just about where cocodrie is

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negative. teche is laffy

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i get it now, i was thinking where they went into the gulf.

BR to NOLA will look like Chernobyl.

Doubtful that many of the chem plants will up an relocate to the new flow. Either they will find new ways to transport their materials out, or will relocate overseas.

Irony, I guess, is that Greenpeace will get their wish of shutting down all of the big polluters. It will come at the trade off of devestating the US economy and more CO2 into the atmosphere once they get cranked up in the 3rd world countries.

It would be the Atchafalaya if not for the water control structures. I think a better question is what happens if the Mississippi doesn't change course.

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.