(06-11-2020 08:16 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(06-11-2020 06:51 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

If the Army COE is forced to open the Morganza Spillway and ORC Structure again there is a very good chance that the main channel of the Miss River will flow through the Atchafalaya. The COE was forced to open the Morganza spillway in 2011. During its short time that it was opened the Miss River below the control structure gained an estimated 12’ or River bottom greatly reducing the carrying capacity downstream of that structure.

Was the 12 inches of river bottom increase due to water and silt still going down the Mississippi channel but not at speeds and with enough energy to make it to the Gulf?
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12 feet of additional river bottom. Yes to your question though. It slowed the rate of the river down to where heavier sediments were no longer carried downstream.