[SecondAmendment]

And yet these areas are all significantly (50 - 100+ feet ) ABOVE sea-level.

Yet nobody seems to care about wisdom of putting New Orleans BELOW SEA-LEVEL AND AT THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE SECOND LARGEST DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA!

[Ozark Tom]

Only reason the Mississippi isn’t running between Morgan City and Berwick was sheer luck that the Old River Control Structure held during the 1973 flood.