re: Why is everyone concerned with N.O. and Baton Rouge?

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Its unfair that man will make water divert on to someone else to protect precious N.O and Baton Rouge.

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I sympathize because my relatives in the Morgan City are are likely to be flooded out.

But protecting the ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and refineries along that stretch of the river, is protecting vital infrastructure - not just the residents of those communities.