And why didn’t the Army Corps of Engineers begin releasing water farther north in short bursts a month ago to keep pressure from building against the southern levees? Inquiring minds want to know if this was a manufactured crisis designed to wipe out still more oil and refinery production in the US.
Bloomberg article (link only) is claiming 2,264 oil or natural gas wells inside this area.
Mississippi River flooding threatens 2,200 Louisiana wells
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/05/16/exxon-mobil-refinery-threatened-by-mississippi-river-floods-in-louisiana/