mississippi. flooding this spring left parts of the delta under water. trymaine lee is in vicksburg. does it give you concern about what might happen next year or the year after that? wishing i was old enough for retirement. normally when the mississippi river floods, the army corps of engineers tries to redirect excess water through spillways. but this year the river was so swollen and the core opened louisiana s bonnie karcarrie spillway. it increased the lake s water volume seven followed. all of that water ended up off the mississippi gulf coast, causing extraordinary harm to marine life. we had it largest number of dolphins die than we ve had 143 dolphins and 195 sea turtles