Forecasters predict highest Mississippi River level since the great flood of 1927
by Clay Chandler
Published: April 29,2011
Tags: Austin Golding, Flood of 1927, Mississippi River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
If your livelihood depends on safely navigating the Mississippi River, there are numbers that have nothing to do with revenue and expenses that can chill you to the bone. If you’re Austin Golding, that number is 51. Fifty-one feet is as high as the River’s water level at the Vicksburg flood gauge can go before [...]
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April 29th, 2011 at 9:53 am
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NOLA?