High tide on Old Man River
ByWell, the Mississippi doesn’t have a tide, per se, but it does get swollen from runoff further north. There’s been flooding this year further upriver, but despite being very close to the top of the levee, we’ve been okay.
Except, of course, that they opened the Spillway for only the 9th time since it was built to dump the overflow into Lake Ponchartrain. It’s certainly better than flooding, but not very good for the environment- fresh water from the Mississippi turns brackish when it hits the saltwater of the lake, creating huge dead patches.
We went down to see how things stood this morning and were surprised- despite the Spillway being open for days, the river was still just at the top.
The river’s been been low for well long enough for lots of plant life to spring up…Charlie guessed this tree is about 10 ft tall in all- all but 2 or 3 underwater now.
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