re: Bayou chene barge

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And in 1973 it did what it was put in place to do, stop some of the river water from getting into the inland waters of St. Mary and lower St. Martin parish. They have pictures of one side of the barge having brown murky water and the other side having clear black water.

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.the project DID NOT work in '73...havent you seen all those pictures of Morgan City and Stevenville from 1973.....both cities flooded...the barge didnt work. Matter of fact they put the barge in place after the water came up. This is a different flood than in 73, 73 was more of a flash flood type of flood versus this slow river rise

Look closely at the pics I posted above from 73...Notice in the color photo
that the water to the left is the water that the barge was meant to hold back. It is higher than that on the right.