The Big Muddy in louisisana

Anyone who happens to be in south Louisiana next week and for a week or two after may be interested in seeing the flood control structures in action. This year has been strange, it usually never floods in the winter. This is usually a spring event. When the flow rate of the Mississippi at Red River Landing, about 50 or so miles north of Baton Rouge exceeds 1.5 million cubic feet per second the COE opens the flood gates at Morganza to divert water into the Atchafalaya Spillway system. Soon after that, usually the gates at the Bonne Carrie Spillway are opened diverting water into Lake Ponchatrain. Water from the Bonne Carrie can been seen from I-10 near New Orleans. At Morganza. It's a little off the beaten path but you can get very near the control structure. It's a real bummer for the locals near and south of Morganza; farms, camps and some homes get badly flooded.
At the Boone Carrie it dumps so much fresh water into the brackish lake that it messes up the fish and oysters and other marine life.
Just a thought if you happen to be in the area. Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often.
Even though there are a lot of negatives to this, it is quite interesting to see if you're nearby.