Flood Walk – Facts to Share

Links to information on past floods, floodplains, levees, and ideas for the future from Saturday's Sunset Flood Walk along Memphis Riverfront & map of Morganza Floodway and Bonnet Carre Spillway (click to enlarge):

  • CNN interview with Sr. VP Conservation for American Rivers talking about how we need to employ means other than the "girdles" and give the river some breathing room. Click HERE.

  • MS River Facts (long version), click HERE.

  • MS River Facts (short version), click HERE.

  • MS River Flood History, click HERE.

  • What is a Floodplain? What does "100 year floodplain" mean? Click HERE.

  • MS River Tributaries Project (info on control structures), click HERE.

  • Old River Control Structures (Morganza Floodway), click HERE, HERE, HERE.

  • Recommended Reading: Rising Tide by John Barry. Click HERE.