[Riverman]

I'm getting really tired of hearing all of the calls from fools in the news and in the Freep to "dredge the river" in order to mitigate flooding!

First, the bottom of the river is rock, not mud. Rock can't be dredged.

Secondly, the depth of the river makes no difference anyway The reason the river floods is because the land here is so flat the river can't get out of it's own way.

Yes, the federal government did cease dredging of the navigable channel some time ago, but that dredging was done in the lake, not the river. This does not affect the river's ability to drain. The actual "mouth" of the river (Netley Marsh) is 15 miles wide.

Sorry, had to vent.