People gather to look at opened bays (bottom right) on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, which the Army Corps of Engineers partially opened to alleviate pressure on Mississippi River levees. The spillway, which the Corps built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP) __
