History of Engineering Old River: Phenomenon Explained

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The Old River area is at the confluence of the Atchafalaya, Mississippi, and Red Rivers, and the constantly-changing landscape has caused governments and business interest to attempt to shape the river to suit their needs. However, Mother Nature plays the long game.
This video explores the different methods the Federal and State governments of Louisiana have attempted to regulate the flow of water at Old River, leading to the construction of the Old River Control Structures in the late 1950's.
Show Notes:
Upgraded the audio to a wireless lavalier mic and got a teleprompter setup. Still working it out, so apologies for the fast talking.
Harold Fisk's Geological on the Atchafalaya: biotech.law.lsu.edu/climate/m...
Other Videos in the Series:
Old River Control Structures: • Old River Control Stru...
Morganza Spillway: • Morganza Spillway: Phe...
What if the Old River Control Structure Fails: Coming Soon
Geography of the Mississippi River in South Louisiana: Coming Soon
Mississippi River Series Wrap-up: Coming Soon
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@moraleskp 5 жыл бұрын

The app "old maps" have maps of this area since the 1800's. All the variations of the river just like you explained. Thanks for making these videos.

@LH-yc5vy 5 жыл бұрын

Great job on this series! Love learning more about the history of flood control on the Mississippi River! Hope to see more!

@lorencklein 5 жыл бұрын

My first video using a teleprompter, so apologies for the fast talking. I'm still working on getting the correct speed for presentations down, and I couldn't really fix it in post-production without messing up the video. If you're interested in listening to me talk slower, click on the Settings (Gear icon) and you can change the speed to 0.75. That helps a lot.

@jacobangers 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry Mr.Klien the video is still godly like usual

@lorencklein 5 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhanks200 You get a Tiger Buck.

@Gramma-Bambi-Lynn Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I'm glad your channel was recommended to me by youtube...subscribed!

@bradmetcalf5333 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome uploads. Had I had a teacher like you I'm pretty sure I'd be working for the corps of engineers at this point. I'm Fascinated with the information you have here.

@sidneygrosshar269 5 жыл бұрын

Young man you do an outstanding job on these videos. I recommend the book ‘Beyond Control” the Mississippi River’s New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico by James F. Barnett Jr. Keep up the great work.

@north-shoregcs3894 3 жыл бұрын

Any other books you’d recommend on the Mississippi or just rivers in general?

@unclvinny 2 жыл бұрын

@@north-shoregcs3894 I learned about this story in John McPhee's book The Control of Nature. It's hard to follow there, so this video helped me understand a lot. You might give it a look, though, it has two other very interesting chapters -- one on the mountains eroding into Los Angeles, and another on Iceland's efforts in 1973 to reroute the outflow of an erupting volcano.

@reginalddavis5700 5 жыл бұрын

Great videos, by the way I love your Kimi Raikkonen t shirt!

@bignakedjay 5 жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING! All three videos are excellent!

@Sailor376also 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks , Loren. As you said,,, many new subjects covered by this video. Some of them new to me. The thanks are sincere. I love connecting the dots.

@Thx1138sober 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Your videos are very informative and well produced. Fantastic job!

@snnetteachexnayder63 Жыл бұрын

Great information Thanks!

@mattbrophy1900 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Keep up the great work.

@houseof2 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr Klein my father started taking me fishing south of Natchez Ms. 63 years ago.I have a camp on Deer Park lake the corp of engineer placed weirs in the fiver north of OldRiver control and we flood every year now because of the river silting in between the weirs narrowing the channel leaving the river no place to go but up.

@freedom6919741 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video.

@ricardoabh3242 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@GregLedet 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE the Kimi shirt!

@Nova_LSU 5 жыл бұрын

Great Teacher 😉

@paulkossik Жыл бұрын

University of South Alabama has an on-campus swamp as well.

@jimmyjohn8008 5 жыл бұрын

Have you done a video about the Chicago river?

@jasonduplechin8021 2 жыл бұрын

One comment that I would add about a flaw in the US’ levees-only policy was that it was assumed that the velocity profile of the water was uniform, ie, the currents and the bottom of the water column was nearly to the top currents. This is not true and is partially a result of the amount of sediment load this is concentrated at the bottom. As a result, the scouring capability diminishes as you go from the top to the bottom.

@jasonclark6194 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, the current isn't consistent from top to bottom. They change drastically by various different reasons. Wind, depth, direction (curves, bends ex.) But normally the bottom isn't as fast as the surface so this disproves the theory water cut the grand canyon over a course of years and years.