Quote:
Originally Posted by Sachita
anyone watching this or live close?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/14/flo...pt=T1&iref=BN1
Morganza, Louisiana (CNN) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the first of potentially several bays of the Morganza spillway on Saturday afternoon, a move intended to spare some areas from severe flooding while redirecting water into others.
"Protecting lives is the No. 1 thing we are looking for," Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission, told reporters prior to the opening. "That's exactly what we're doing as we operate the different systems on the Mississippi River."
Hopefully it goes as planned. |
Because I do still have "in-laws" in the South, I have been watching news about these horrific events. They are all fine physically, but one lost a home. The TV coverage of these floods is heartbreaking.