Some Good News . . .

There is some good news coming out of the Morganza Spillway, it appears the recent drought has caused a lot of the water to be absorbed by the soil. That's not much solace for those who had to evacuate but it is a good thing for maybe Morgan City - Berwick in that the river may not rise as much.

Still the water is creeping up at Krotz Springs and up around Melville. I saw a picture of what was reported as Simmesport but not sure. Soon those towns will be isolated by water but yet inside the ring levee will be pretty dry.

Word is that the gates opening is having a decided effect on the lower Mississippi, so Morganza Spillway Structure is doing its job. Also instead of 25% of the gates, and that is about 31 gates, the Corps has dropped the prediction down to 20% of the gates, or about 125 thousand cubic feet per second flow. The crest has not reached Red River Landing yet.

Domr of the prisoners of Angola State Prison have been evacuated to other jails. The local news said it was about 3,000 or so convicts have been relocated. The deputy warden did say the levees were holding and things should be okay.

So we can expect up to 20 gates to be opened at Morganza Spillway. That is an improvement for those in the way of all that water. Not much solace but some.

Saw a video of deer swimming out of the spillway, and a still photograph of a snake that was at least 25 feet long. I don't think the snake is a native but rather somebody's cast off python or something similar. Also a shot of bear swimming out of his habitat.

Some interesting things are being observed. The character of the Mississippi, wild life and Cajuns.