That article is poorly worded, the beaches are not closed, they just don’t want people in the water. As long as you stay on the sand everything’s fine, which 95% of the people do anyway.
This isn’t a normal occurrence, it’s happening because the army corps of engineers is diverting Mississippi River water into the Mississippi sound to reduce the volume of water flowing through New Orleans and protect the levees. The heavy rains and high snow volume in the upper Midwest this spring has the river at record levels and one of the relief mechanisms is a spillway into lake pontchartrain they’ve opened, it’s flooding the Mississippi coast with fresh water and causing havoc. When the spillway is shut it’ll fix itself but they can’t do it right now because there’s too much water in the Mississippi River.
The casinos on the coast are doing very well, they’ve got a lot of really nice ones and they’re very busy.
The rivers are still high up here in Minnesota. I think it’s going to last a while.
Yes, the casinos were doing good business as were most other businesses in the area as well. I went down for about five days for a family reunion and, as usual, had a great time. It just looked weird to see the beaches mostly empty at this time of year.
And yes, the waters from the upper Midwest snowfalls are wreaking havoc all along the Mississippi this year. Many people’s houses and deer camps are completely under water around the river from Memphis on down. Oh well, I heard that the crawfish are doing well.
On my way back to Northern Virginia tomorrow to return to work. Always hard to leave here. No matter where else I roam in this world, Mississippi and Louisiana are my home.
American by birth, Southern by the grace of God.