The Vicksburg Engineer District and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are using an innovative tool to scan beneath the surface of levees along the river.
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If you spot a helicopter carrying an object that resembles a torpedo or rocket hovering just above Louisiana s Mississippi River levee don t be alarmed. It s not the Russians, 5th Louisiana Levee District President Reynold Minsky said. It s the (U.S. Army) Corps of Engineers.
The corps is using lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging, to gather data about the soundness and depth of the levee and the land on both the river side and land side of the levee in a partnership with the U.S. Geological Service. It s just like an MRI of the brain, said Kent Parrish, senior Mississippi River project manager for the corps. It can look 150 feet down into the ground and tell me what s silt, sand, clay, gravel, whatever.
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If you spot a helicopter carrying an object that resembles a torpedo or rocket hovering just above Louisiana s Mississippi River levee don t be alarmed. It s not the Russians, 5th Louisiana Levee District President Reynold Minsky said. It s the (U.S. Army) Corps of Engineers.
The corps is using lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging, to gather data about the soundness and depth of the levee and the land on both the river side and land side of the levee in a partnership with the U.S. Geological Service. It s just like an MRI of the brain, said Kent Parrish, senior Mississippi River project manager for the corps. It can look 150 feet down into the ground and tell me what s silt, sand, clay, gravel, whatever.
If you spot a helicopter carrying an object that resembles a torpedo or rocket hovering just above Louisiana s Mississippi River levee don t be alarmed. It s not the Russians, 5th Louisiana Levee District President Reynold Minsky said. It s the (U.S. Army) Corps of Engineers.
The corps is using lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging, to gather data about the soundness and depth of the levee and the land on both the river side and land side of the levee in a partnership with the U.S. Geological Service. It s just like an MRI of the brain, said Kent Parrish, senior Mississippi River project manager for the corps. It can look 150 feet down into the ground and tell me what s silt, sand, clay, gravel, whatever.