Most Likely Mega-Disaster to Occur

[Gatorubet]

United States Army Corps of Engineers 2011 Louisiana Flooding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morganza_Spillway#cite_note-USACE_NOD-37

Anticipated inundation from Scenario 1


Anticipated inundation from Scenario 1a


Anticipated inundation from Scenario 2


Anticipated inundation from Scenario 3

• Scenario 1: Open the Morganza Spillway to half (50%) of its maximum capacity, which would divert 300,000 cubic feet per second (8,500 m3/s) of water.
• Scenario 1a: Open the Morganza Spillway to one-quarter (25%) of its maximum capacity, which would divert 150,000 cubic feet per second (4,200 m3/s) of water.
• Scenario 2: Do not open the Morganza Spillway, and keep the Old River Control Structure at its routine operating level of only 30% of the Mississippi's flow; no additional water would be diverted
• Scenario 3: Do not open the Morganza Spillway, and open the Old River Control Structure somewhat more, which would divert an extra 150,000 cubic feet per second (4,200 m3/s) of water.

This shows better what I talked about previously. The choice is not whether to flood or not, but how, when and where to do it.

 

[Tonyank]

was that a REAL cobra ???

Insane what water can do....

 

[buckeyegrad]

More problems on Old Man River

http://www.popsci.com/science/artic...out-options-keeping-mississippi-river-flowing

Rain or shine, the battle of the Mississippi rages on. The vital shipping lane that supports middle-American economies from the Upper-Midwest to New Orleans is once again in dire straits as the Army Corps of Engineers struggles to control Big Muddy--this time by making it deeper. Wracked by the worst (and longest) droughts in memory, the Midwest and the river are critically short on water, so short that the shallowest stretch of the river between Cairo, Ill. and St. Louis could become unnavigable in the next month, and the Corps of Engineers is just about out of geoengineering options to mitigate the problem, NPR reports.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

Glancing over this, its taking everything in my not to write - "Loss of the US dollar the the worlds reserve currency...."

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Glancing over this, its taking everything in my not to write - "Loss of the US dollar the the worlds reserve currency...."

In your what?

You also seem to have developed a bit of a stutter.
:p

 

[NewYorkBuck]

In your what?

You also seem to have developed a bit of a stutter.
:p

Ththats not fuffunny......