re: Escalating Floods Putting Mississippi River’s Old River Control Structure at Risk

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Has there ever been a study done on how widespread the impact of a levee break in BR would be?

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1. There will not be a break in the levees near BR. The COE will open the BCS and Morganza before the levees get stressed enough to break.

2. You obviously never spent much time on the unprotected side of the levee. Since there is nothing to stop the water if there is a break, it will spread out and fill the low lying areas first. The geography of the area will make the river flood a vast area but only a few feet deep.

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We talking water out to airline or would highland again act as a natural levee?

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The high areas that we call natural levees will be above water and the low areas will below water.