The Great Mississippi River is on the rise.. moving throughout Bayou country.. hopes that New Orleans will be spared.. An udpate

Bayou country is heading for rough times.. The gates have been open and the flooding will soon begin.. Engineers have been attempting to stop a disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans by flooding farmland and other small towns up river.. thespillways have been opened in order to save New Orleans from catastrophe. While not many are arguing the morals of saving a big city by destroying small ones, it’s occurring now. Today, and this week.. Crest expected in Memphis Monday.. 
Farmlands to be flooded
Residents warned to leave..
Exacuations mandatory in some places..
Wildlife *some dangerous* to move to higher land..
Cajuns with deep roots … ceding to the floods..