you take an exit off. this is an exit ramp to move the water in one direction. opening the floodway, whether to do it or not to do it. it s been done once before but not for this reason. so this morganza floodway designed for flood control, going to lower the river along baton rouge and new orleans, but it will fool other areas in cairo. if it doesn t, it will be half a foot from the top of the floodwalls. t.j. it s a lesser of two evils, whether to do it or not to do it and regardless, someone will be impacted. a lot of bad choices for folks along the mississippi. alexandra, good to have you with us. eight minutes past the hour, it is mother s day, a lot of
is this one going to work? let s talk about the old plan, last week, we talked about cairo, illinois. the plan was flood cairo, illinois, of 2,800 residents or flood 130,000 acres of farm lantd. that was a plan what to do with the water flooding farther north. we re downstream now from the mississippi. this is the mississippi here, this is the gulf of mexico. this is the morganza floodway and the bonacarry spillway. you can see the tentacles of the water. this is the plan. the morganza floodway and the spill zwrn way, th spillway, floodway, spillway, any way to move the water and prevent flooding. that s the plan. you re driving on the highway,
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