Flood Waters Pose Yet Another Threat to Louisiana's Fishermen
~The state had already opened up freshwater diversion projects to flush Mississippi River water into some inland marshes on the west bank of the river; why not let nature’s course do the same thing at the mouth of the estuary leading into the Gulf of Mexico?
But when I ran that thinking by Tracy Kuhns, a fisherman’s wife from Barataria who works closely with the local Association of Family Fishermen, she saw the arrival of flood waters from the north as yet another worst case scenario.
The association is made up of shrimpers mostly, who fish out of Bayou Lafourche and on the Gulf. Her concern is that, rather than push against the oil, the fast-moving water will carry all the young shrimp and other sea life out into the mess.
“That’s one reason everyone’s fishing so hard now,” she says, “before any more water comes down from the north…and before any oil comes in from the Gulf.”
~Editilla Crowtellas~ Oooohhh So00 This is why the Corps of Engineers hopes to use water diversion structures to push water out of sensitive wetland areas and keep away oil that has been drawing near shore!
We knew there had to be a Catch if they jumped into this Disaster. There just isn't enough Destruction for Louisiana and it is the Corps Proven Record of giving us what we Paid For.