Would failure of Morganza structure solve coastal erosion?

It would definitely help out our parish.

river changing course is the worst possible scenario

life as we know it would change greatly


maybe a few positives, but a thousand negatives

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I think it would have to be a bigger flood event for that to happen

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Anything bigger and we would all be heading for the hills

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I dont understand where all of this failure of Morganza is coming from

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It really explains the number of shitty posts on the Rant.

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Anything bigger and we would all be heading for the hills

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At that point I'm looking for an old man on a boat filled with animals.

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I dont understand where all of this failure of Morganza is coming from. Morganza is not in danger of failing.

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I agree with your take. I don't think a permanent diversion of the river is a remote possibility. But if it did happen, one of the few positives would be the virtual end of the political religion of coastal restoration, which I believe is much too costly and unfeasible to succeed on a meaningful scale.

No, wetland loss would still occurr. Its a multifaceted problem with about 9 factors in play and leveeing the Mississippi is just one of the factors.

The Atchafalaya and wax lake deltas are building land and its interesting to see the changes on a yearly basis.

If you think this is the rivers best shot think again I remember 73 well and my family talked about 27 with fear in their voices 45 to. Again, ORCS has been improved since 73 it would have to be a bigger flood event to cause a failure and Morganza is not in any danger at all of failing and if it did so what when the water falls rebuild it

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I dont understand where all of this failure of Morganza is coming from
It really explains the number of shitty posts on the Rant.

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If this site were the scientific forum charged with prioritizing actions and evaluating preparation and responses, then I agree that failure of the Morganza structure would be a low priority to assign resources to. But, even though this is a newborn board, the tradition of TD posting has commonly been the discussion of far-fetched bullshite scenarios, of which my post is a proud example. Now, if you are a Corps employee who can't be bothered with such drivel, please go back to work.


I do agree with you that a better thread title would have been, "Would the permanent diversion of the Miss. River to the Atchafalaya basin solve coastal erosion?", but to edit that now would make the rest of the posts in the thread incoherent.