Time to Move the Mississippi, Experts Say - New York Times

“A major diversion in the lower part of the river is something that needs to be done,” said James R. Hanchey, deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. He said the state was convening a planning meeting on the idea this fall. The diversion would be well downstream of New Orleans, in the bird-foot delta at the river’s mouth. Even so, there would be tremendous engineering challenges, particularly in finding a new way for freighters to make their way into the Mississippi’s shipping channel, said Mr. Hanchey, who took his job after retiring as director of engineering and technical services for the Mississippi Valley division of the Army Corps of Engineers. But he added, “I think it’s within the realm of possibility.”

No not time to move to Mississippi, but time to move the River. Experts think that this is a good way to rebuild the coast line, but it seems to me to offer New Orleans any additional protection. The river is not much good for the city at this point but divertiing the flow seems like it would further increase the loss of the wetlands that stands between New Orleans and the gulf.

They need to move the city inland 50 miles or raise the entire city by 30 ft. New Orleans as it is now is ripe for another disaster, god forbid. The levies they built now aren’t going to do much good against another catagory 4-5 hurricane.