Blog Stage Seven!!!!

     There are a lot of big decisions to be made right now regarding the BP oil spill. The US Environmental Protection Agency has seemingly been outdone. Instead of coming up with the idea on their own, they have been “pitched” an idea that offers some hope temporarily. A man named Paul Kemp, from the National Audubon Society, has suggested beefing up the flow of the main body of Mississippi River’s waters to send an invisible H2O army out into the Gulf to keep the spill away from the marshes. This will only work for a couple of weeks, but that could mean thousands of creatures’ homes and lives might be spared. Some of the main reasons that this is feasible and relatively inexpensive when compared with other options are quite obvious.
     Nature is “on our side” until hurricane season hits, and the part of the Mississippi River that 30% of the flow is diverted to, the Atchafalaya, is flooding right now. Also, the current right now is high and strong, and there is plenty of water dammed up on reserve. The river is currently being contained to ideal flow levels using modern engineering techniques- it is kept at a 30-70 flow, thirty percent to the Atchafalaya, and 70 percent to the main Mississippi River body. The plan is to alter this to a 60-40 ratio and to unloose a couple dams, so that water will gush out into the Gulf with enough strength to hold the oil at bay for a while. As great as it sounds, one can only hope that is has a real moderating effect on the situation.