BUTTE LAROSE, La. - In the latest agonizing decision along the swollen Mississippi River, federal engineers are close to opening a massive spillway that would protect Baton Rouge and New Orleans but flood hundreds of thousands of acres in Louisiana Cajun country.
With that threat looming, about 25,000 people in an area known for small farms, fish camps, crawfish and a drawling French dialect are hurriedly packing their things and worrying that their homes and way of life might soon be drowned.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/13/20110513mississippi-flooding-plan.html
Article courtesy of azcentral.com by Michael Kunzelman-Associates Press
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