Comments on: America’s Achilles’ heel: the Mississippi River’s Old River Control Structure

By: Is This The Year The Atchafalaya River ‘Captures’ The Mississippi? : Elite Exploration

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:11:31 +0000

[...] trying to control the Mississippi, especially the creation of structures much in the news today, like Old River Control and the Morganza Floodway, which was opened over the weekend to allow floodwaters to course down [...]

By: Roger Steinbrink

Roger Steinbrink — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:18:17 +0000

This is such a critical issue, yet no one seems to be talking about it.
Talk about National Security, if the Mississippi were to change course, it would create more problems than any terrorists wildest fantasy. It would seem to me that there would be more security around that area. It is such a vulnerable lifeline to all America.I hope The Corps of Engineers are on top of this.

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:02:37 +0000

Thank you for being about the only credible news source who is actually concerned about this and providing a little knowledge about a subject that it seems no one is paying adequate attention to. It seems to me that even if this crest passes without a catastrophic event, we are weeks away from being able to assess the wear and tear on such a critical piece of infrastructure – and no one seems to notice. I wish I could get some real time video of what is happening there – but the Corp is understandably not advertising the issue.

By: Bob Trudeau

Bob Trudeau — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:04:23 +0000

Thanks for the post — we just visited the Old River Project and the Morganza Spillway about two months ago, so your post is very timely. Thanks. BT