re: Morganza Spillway may or may not open for a 3rd time -- lack of clear info from ACoE

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Just to put it into perspective: The 2016 flood was caused by about 7.1 trillion gallons of water dropped in 3 days.

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That would take 15.5 days to equal the same amount of water, and that's if the Mississippi goes completely dry downstream of BR because it's busy monkeyfricking us.

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That 7.1 trillion gallons of water dropped in 3 days in 2016 was across an area from Hammond to Lafayette southward to Houma. That's not 7.1 trillion gallons of water all going through the Amite and Comite during the 2016 flood. If the Mississippi levee breaks in the BR area, you'd see 2.2 trillion gallons of water flowing only through EBR, Livingston, and Ascension parishes after 5 days. Theoretically it would take much longer than 5 days to plug up the levee.