Flooding estimates are off by 5 feet

Flooding estimates are off by 5 feet
Posted by The Times-Picayune November 16, 2007 9:16PM
By Mark Schleifstein, Staff writer

In June, the Army Corps of Engineers proudly announced that new gates and levee repairs meant residents returning to Lakeview and Old Metairie would see floodwaters reduced by up to 5 1/2 feet if the city were hit by a 100-year hurricane.

They were off by 5 feet.

In other words, flood protection in Lakeview and Old Metairie has
hardly improved at all since the neighborhoods drowned in the 2005
flood -- despite the public celebrations of corps officials and others
in releasing the maps on Hurricane Katrina's second anniversary.