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some people built levies around their homes[edit]

How about a section about how some people remained and just built massive levies around their homes? Wouldn't this be a nice addition to the article? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388660/Mississippi-River-flooding-Residents-build-homemade-dams-saves-houses.html Dream Focus 06:16, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please. Dualus (talk) 06:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since people often have days, if not weeks, to prepare for floods on the Lower Mississippi River, creation of small ring levees to protect structures along the fringes of the floodplain or in backwater areas is not an uncommon response, particularly in agricultural areas where farmers have ready access to required equipment and dirt. Ring levees were also constructed during the 1973 flood. Does anyone have good public domain pictures to contribute? MississippiRiverRat (talk) 04:03, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Historical Wrap-up?[edit]

With the flood six months old and more, anyone up to the task of updating this wiki entry to represent a non-current event? A historical epilogue and synopsis of the event would be nice.

- Bahumat — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.155.77.76 (talk) 06:05, 16 December 2011 (UTC) agreed. I'd also like to point out that the infobox shows it still continuing, but what end date should be picked?--hacky (talk) 03:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC) - One year after last post here, 3 years after flood -- why didn't the author close this out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.73.22.113 (talk) 21:55, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sediments[edit]

Some time ago I saw a viedo on the USGS website featuring the sediments which had been delivered to the marshes near the Atchafayalfa mounds, one or two inches, if I remember correctly. That and other results of the use of the Morganza spillway are missing in the article. --Matthiasb (talk) 12:21, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead sentence wording[edit]

The article began with The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 – since "flood" is both a noun and a verb (à la "eats shoots & leaves"), this could read at first like a narrative about what the river itself is doing or did: In April and May 2011, the Mississippi River floods. In late May 2011, the waters recede. The article should be as clear as possible from the start. I've changed the opening wording to Major floods along the Mississippi River in April and May 2011 along with some related wording tweaks. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 03:13, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]