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To: Jagfan who wrote (39874)	8/31/2005 4:29:16 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

NO wasn't always below sea level or below the level of the Mississippi River. It shrank a little every single year that the flood waters (and the accompanying silt) were held back. The levee system created a situation where the Mississippi River runs like a large vein on top of the surrounding area. Every so many years the levees would be built just a little higher, after each breach. While the bottom of the river gets higher and higher the property around it shrinks.