re: Mississippi River spillways have kept Louisiana dry and safe. That may no longer be enough

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Also, I’m not sure if I believe the nutrient pollution thing. How is Mississippi River water from Lake Pontchartrain any more polluted than Gulf water?

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Because it contains runoff from half the country.

Every farm, chicken plant, aggregate mine, chemical refinery, nuclear plant, and any other kind of industrial or agricultural company that exists dumps shite into water that goes into the Mississippi river.

The Mississippi folks just want reparations, free money, lawyers at the trough.

The oyster guys knew the weather risks.

for the greater good and all that. Who paid for that long article? Follow the money.

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I stated nature will always win.
He disagreed.
I stated that nature will always be here, humans will not

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Could view it as humans could launch a couple hundred nukes and kill all of nature.

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Because it contains runoff from half the country. Every farm, chicken plant, aggregate mine, chemical refinery, nuclear plant, and any other kind of industrial or agricultural company that exists dumps shite into water that goes into the Mississippi river.

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Yes, of course, but that doesn’t address my question.

I asked why River water from Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Borgne are any different than the River water from the Gulf.

The River normally dumps all of that water into the Gulf in Plaquemines parish, and then that water travels along the Gulf Coast in Misssissipi, Alabama, and Florida before going into the Atlantic.

Perhaps it’s less concentrated by the time it makes its way from Plaquemines Parish as opposed to St. Bernard Parish.

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My problem with everyone of these articles about the Mississippi River is that it always revolves around fishermen or oyster men who have grown accustomed to a primarily saltwater fishery that was mainly fresh to brackish before man intervened and closed the river to its current path.

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This is my issue as well.

I didn't read all of this article but a lot of them mention marine mammals (dolphins) being affected. Them frickers have tails and will swim to fresh water. We don't need to worry about them.

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Because it doesn't wash directly out into the gulf of Mexico. It goes into the Mississippi sound and kills everything that lives there.

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So it’s less concentrated when the river water arrives from the mouth of the river in Plaquemines?

I would be interested to see some actual studies on this. Very interesting topic.

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So it’s less concentrated when the river water arrives from the mouth of the river in Plaquemines?

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No. The Ms river exits its mouth into the gulf.

When the spillway is opened, it also runs into pontchartrain, then borgne, out into the sound.

The barrier islands between the sound and the gulf don't allow water to move as well as it would open the open gulf.

Basically, if your dog starts shittin and pissin in your neighborhoods stocked lake, no biggie. If he does the same in the tiny koi pond on your patio, that's a problem.