I wonder what the New Orleans Levee Board (state board) is doing about it? They are probably more interested in managing their 1200 police force, two airports, and river boat casino.
20 expected inches of rain this weekend, could be very bad when you are below sea level.
One saving grace? It has been so dry, local reservoirs and water tables are much lower than normal. One of my buddies had his house settle a few feet with cracks in the wall because his foundation fell because the water table had dropped so much.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
A new Army Corps of Engineers rating system for the nation’s levees is about to deliver a near-failing grade to New Orleans area dikes, despite the internationally acclaimed $10 billion effort to rebuild the system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, corps officials have confirmed.
Preliminary rankings obtained by The Times-Picayune show that the corps believes there’s still a significant risk of flooding from major hurricanes or river floods that are greater than the design heights of Mississippi River levees and hurricane levees on both the east and west banks. In both cases, the levees were rated Class II or “urgent (unsafe or potentially unsafe),” on a scale of I to V, with V representing normal or “adequately safe.”
Well Duh! Of course there is. So lets build more stuff below sea level, and act surprised when it gets wet when water goes over the top of the levees.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
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