Jon Remo
potamologist.bsky.social
Jon Remo
@potamologist.bsky.social
River scientist who knows a bit about floods, floodplains, levees, and people. I may also suffer from an unhealthy obsession with Mississippi River.
Old River Control Structure from 10,000ft. Low Sill Structure bottom right and Auxiliary Structure top right.
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Morning on Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Cuts to the Army Corps levee inspection budget in New Orleans, a place that famously doesn't have to worry about levees.

Also struck by slower reduction in inspection quality, and its parallels to descriptions of PG&E line inspections in California Burning. Maintenance is a thankless task.
August 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Finally made the pilgrimage to the Old River “Control” Complex and the Morganza Spillway.
April 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Southern most point in Illinois. Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
November 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM