Flooding along the Mississippi is currently some of the worst it has been in almost a century, records are being broken left and right. Because of heavy rains and extensive snow melt levees and dams are at their breaking limits, threatening large cities like Baton Rouge and New Orleans. In order to protect the larger cities Cajun country is being flooded, where hundreds of hard working Americans are being forced to evacuate despite the fact they have nowhere else to go. People are being told they need to evacuate but many are uncertain whether or not their homes will actually be flooded.
This flooding seemed to creep up on Americans. It started in the Fargo Moorhead area with not quite record flooding that the citizens were prepared for. The people farther south, however, were not prepared for the extensive flooding that is going on. The decision to open flood gates and destroy dams is a difficult one, either you allow the large cities to be flooded, or land essential to the life of those who live on it. It is a decision that will have a large effect on Americans in the region for years to come.
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