Denial is not only a river in Egypt . . .

it ' s a river in the U.S. as well. I ' ve mentioned this before but it seems like a good time to pay it a visit, since the world in general has its collective head up its ass in many ways. (Vix.Australia.)Over geological time, the Mississippi River has continually changed its course. This has been known for a long time.Here ' s a map made in 1944 that shows some of the geological history that was already known back then. This happens because it flows across the flat midsection of the country and it meanders. On the outside of a meander the water moves faster and cuts into the bank. On the inside, it flows slowly and deposits sediment. So eventually it cuts a new channel. For example in 1876 the city of Vicksburg, which was formerly on the river, suddenly wasn ' t any more.Too bad for Vicksburg (which was subsequently reconnected to the river by a canal), but that was only a local disaster. But if not for a massive engineering project called the Old River Control Structure, as of today the Mississippi would not flow through New Orleans. Rather,it would jump course and the main flow of the river would go down the Atchafalaya. If that doesn ' t sound like it would be such a bad thing:a) Yes it would be very, very bad andb) It will happen.The Old River Control Structure is destined to fail, because sediment builds up downstream of it and continually increases the pressure. With the increasingly frequent and severe flooding caused by the Chinese Hoax, the likelihood of failure in...
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