Calm on top

The Review/Bill Decker
A train passes over Berwick Bay, which was as smooth as glass Wednesday. But a different kind of turbulence may be ahead. Congress has restored funding for a five-year study of the Mississippi River below Cape Giradeau, Missouri. Among the issues that could be resolved is policy toward the use of the Morganza and Bonnet Carré spillways. Interests in Mississippi say Bonnet Carré is used too much and the Morganza too little in flood fights, damaging commerce and the environment near the Mississippi Sound. In this area, there are fears that diverting more flood water into the Atchafalaya would be detrimental to St. Mary Parish.