When will the mississippi flood waters reach the new orleans area, and is it likely to affect the area in any major way?

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There’s a spillway north of town that they will probably open to divert excess water away from the river channel & city. Hopefully, that will be enough. Look up the Bonne Carre(sp?) spillway.

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