Reply #8: I think the concern is the environmental effect

[Danmel]

Of flooded out chemical & oil facilities. There is also a nuclear plant not far from New Orleans, right on the Mississippi. We all know what happens to a flooded nuclear plant. My heart goes out to all of the people in the basin who are going to lose their homes , communities and way of life. I am as cynical ad they come, but I don't think they are opening the spillway for commercial reasons- the people of Louisiana have more experience with what floodwaters can do than almost anyone. My daughter goes to Tulane- she is home for the summer, but we are very worried about the levees, the people all along the river and everyone in Baton Rouge & New Orleans. Let's just all hope ( or pray if that's your thing) that the levees hold, that the people who are going to be affected by this can keep it together and get the help and support they will need in the weeks and months ahead.