Spillway on the Mississippi opened (video)

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Sat May-14-11 05:54 PM
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Spillway on the Mississippi opened (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinzITkSeqQ&feature=player_embedded video

the first 20 seconds are not very clear

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/us/15spillway.html

As Col. Ed Fleming, commander of the corps’ New Orleans district, had said beforehand, one bay of the giant structure was opened Saturday
at 3 p.m. local time, sending water out at a predicted 10,000 cubic feet per second. If current forecasts hold, officials would eventually open
enough bays to allow water out at 125,000 cubic feet per second, a quarter of the spillway’s capacity.

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