From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
jcuccia{at}bigfoot.com says...
> Now, there's a way to do that. You build dam like control structures
> right into the levees of the river, which would let water out in a
> controlled way into either pipelines or canals that would surgically
> guide the water right to where the buffering land masses are needed
> most. There are some engineers who say they can build the entire
> barrier islands in a year if given the proper resources.

My first thought was "cool". My next was that it's just another
way to try to influence the Mississippi River.

And that's not going to happen, IMO.

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