re: Greatest Southern River Championship: The Tennessee River Wins!:Lawd:

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The USACE has fought it for years.

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There is a fascinating account of the 1927 flood, "Rising Tide" that may be of interest to anyone who hasn't read it. The Mississippi may be controlled for a short period of time but it will do what its going to do eventually.

A truly fascinating part of the book is the part about the river basically being a mud slide. Apparently the majority of the river bed depth is truly unknown...what is measured is the point where the sediment is thick enough to support a weight or bounce back a sonar signal...but that sediment is steadily flowing to the gulf...and always has been and is today.