Don't put the dynamite away just yet

A few paragraphs into today's T-P front page story about restricting construction activity near the Mississippi River levees we find this notable bit of info.

The river stood at 16 1/2 feet at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans on Monday, down from almost 17 feet on Thursday, the day before the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert some of the surge to Lake Pontchartrain. But the National Weather Service predicts it will climb back to 17 feet by Thursday and will stay there through April 22

You can follow the Corps' measurements of the river at the Carrollton gauge here.

Also... Yikes!