Gatorubet
Loathing All Things Georgia
The Mississippi is dying to avoid my city entirely. Ole Man River wants to ditch the current Mississippi River bed, and instead head down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf by-passing the current Mississippi, reaching the Gulf in a route 170 miles shorter than the current one.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans would be sitting on big ditches of drying mud, and the numerous petroleum, fertilizer, chemical and grain operations along the Mississippi River south of the Old River intersection would be dry and useless. From Mid-West agriculture to iron ore to coal and heating oil, none of that traffic could get up North from the traditional Mississippi River Gulf route.
The River changing would be the biggest disaster in US history from an economic standpoint - and from a transportation standpoint, not discounting the loss of life and property in the flood that would drown Acadiana. If that happened, there will be a flood of Homeric proportion - as the Atchafalaya River would top its levees due to the sudden doubling in volume.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/oldriver.htm
This I mention only because it (the Mississippi) keeps trying to head south via the shorter route, and it keeps getting harder to prevent it...and because of this fact: In mid to late May we will be looking at the highest flood stage in the Mississippi River since the Great 1927 Flood. Great read plug:
http://www.worldweatherpost.com/2011/04/28/deep-south-braces-for-surge-of-water-not-seen-since-1927/
Already been a weird year, world wide disaster wise. I dunno about lv's silver coin hoarding idea, but if you are into survival seeds, AKs and AR-15s and a year of stored food, this is as good a reason as any to go there.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans would be sitting on big ditches of drying mud, and the numerous petroleum, fertilizer, chemical and grain operations along the Mississippi River south of the Old River intersection would be dry and useless. From Mid-West agriculture to iron ore to coal and heating oil, none of that traffic could get up North from the traditional Mississippi River Gulf route.
The River changing would be the biggest disaster in US history from an economic standpoint - and from a transportation standpoint, not discounting the loss of life and property in the flood that would drown Acadiana. If that happened, there will be a flood of Homeric proportion - as the Atchafalaya River would top its levees due to the sudden doubling in volume.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/oldriver.htm
This I mention only because it (the Mississippi) keeps trying to head south via the shorter route, and it keeps getting harder to prevent it...and because of this fact: In mid to late May we will be looking at the highest flood stage in the Mississippi River since the Great 1927 Flood. Great read plug:
Anyway, here is the story:
http://www.worldweatherpost.com/2011/04/28/deep-south-braces-for-surge-of-water-not-seen-since-1927/
Already been a weird year, world wide disaster wise. I dunno about lv's silver coin hoarding idea, but if you are into survival seeds, AKs and AR-15s and a year of stored food, this is as good a reason as any to go there.
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