My note: I was saddened to read that the massive floodgates in Louisiana are being opened to release millions of gallons of water in a diversion attempt to prevent Baton Rouge and New Orleans from being destroyed by the flooding Mississippi. Please join me in prayer for all those suffering loss of lives, homes, farmland, possessions in Louisiana and all the other states so devastated by the storms and floods.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110514/ap_on_re_us/us_mississippi_river_flooding

My nephew and his family live in Baton Rouge. I'm glad they're not going to get flooded out of their home. I'm not glad, though, that the farmers will be.

I know there are a lot of good people in Baton Rouge, a huge city, and I don't want to see it flooded either. The nightmarish thought that occurred to me is that they are flooding higher up by opening the floodgates to save the levees down below thinking it will work. What if the momentum of the Mississippie is such that it doesn't?

I have a much loved niece and her husband living in Slidell, just to the east of Lake Ponchetrane and they are diverting some of the flow there also. The purpose is that it will carry the water out to the Gulf.

It is too close for comfort to me. My niece is my namesake and she is expecting their first child in two to three weeks. My sister almost died having her and she is her only child. Praying much for this to be averted and for our loved ones to escape this trial. I will pray for your family too!

Thanks, Texas Sue. My nephew is not born again, and I don't know if his wife is, either.

Just saw this map on Free Republic article:



Here is the link. When you open it, scroll down to find the maps and information.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2719962/posts