re: Comite Diversion Canal won't be done until the end of 2022 according to Corps

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They changed the design for the I-10 widening because of that. I know it had an impact, not sure what though.

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They changed the design for new I-12 construction itself farther east of where the problem was. You can see the slots at the bottom of the barricade the cut in the new construction. Maybe it will help a little but a quickly rising Amite won't be able to pass easily through those little slots.

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By the time you're dealing with the East side of the Amite River north of the Comite confluence you're probably not even making an inch of difference, as everything dumped south of the diversion canal is still flowing down toward the Amite and backing up all the way to the diversion canal.

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For a lopsided load like that, it would back flow like it did in 2016. Which would absolutely reduce the levels on the Amite near the Comite.

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Yea because screw having responsible zoning laws. Let's pack as many houses as possible in flood plains. frick mother nature right.

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So let’s just eliminate New Orleans? Maybe we can move it to northern Alabama or Tennessee.

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This has to be hyperbole.

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Not my quote. But if it isn't hyperbole, it's very misinformed.