Bizi,
The slow moving water might mean that the flooding will not be as bad as anticipated:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/us/17floods.html
Slow Pace of Flooding Might Lower Its Crest
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ATLANTA — Floodwater that is moving slower than anticipated and a conservative hand on the floodgates is easing some of the concern in a nervous Louisiana.
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On Monday, the new models from the Army Corps showed water was moving more slowly than it did in 1973, the last time the area that encompasses the heart of Cajun country was intentionally flooded to divert water from a dangerously high Mississippi River.
Unlike 1973, on which the original forecast was built, the ground is much drier and is absorbing more water.
Also, a large system of commercial crawfish ponds, with their own protective levees, has been built since the corps last flooded the basin nearly 40 years ago. Those ponds and much heavier brush are further slowing the flow of water.
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