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So with the Katrina anniversary just days away, everyone is talking about Katrina. Interestingly enough, some people are suggesting rerouting the Mississippi river to thwart off future disasters like what occurred in the lower 9th ward, and Saint Bernard's Parish during the New Orleans flood. The project, expected to cost 50 billion dollars is causing many to question whether the rest of America should pay for this modification to the continent, when we don't directly benefit from it. Mainly Conservatives are saying that. Conservatives, are generally against socialism, so no big surprise there. The New York Times has a cool photo essay on the whole thing
here.Ironically, I can't say I support this. I've lived in California, where the core of Engineer's hammered the Colorado river straight (as they say). The cement lined aqueducts drain the river and divert the water into Los Angeles, San Diego, and Southern California. Today, the Colorado river doesn't even make it to the ocean, but drys to a mud puddle in some urban barrio in Mexico.
Sure it's not the same thing, but still... Paying "that" kind of money to fix a problem by us "mucking" with nature, leaves me believing, maybe we should have never messed with it to begin with.
Either that, or reroute the river to N.C. and we will use the sediment to fill in the area between the coast, and the outer banks. I get a free lot for thinking of it!
Wonder what Mark Twain would say?