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It's May in New Orleans - that means RAIN
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by René | May 8, 2007 at 08:28 am
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Local bloggers from New Orleans are highly concerned about the problems with the pumps that drain rain water from the city and lack of repairs or upgrades on the walls of certain canals within the city.
One of these canals had a wall breach which contributed to the flooding in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita.
I personally experienced a May downpour that flooded the city waist-high and caused enormous damage in New Orleans and all the outlying burbs and towns in 1995. So I understand their concern.
At that time, the pumps were working but clogged with debris. Once the locals got out, slogged through the water and unclogged the storm drains, the waters receded. But...the storms circled around for several days and the flooding continued, it took days to totally drain the flood waters.
What is also pertinent here, is that many areas do not have enough locals back to do this.
See this blog called "Fix the Pumps:"
We had a downpour in New Orleans on Friday, May 4...
the Corps New Orleans District continues to delay fixing the London
Avenue canal walls for what can only be described as insane reasons.
We've already had New Orleans' pumps in PS#3 turned off twice (that we
know of), and have been close a third time. How much more of this
idiocy do we have to tolerate? Do they really, really want a levee
breach? Just drive the damn sheet piling, and fiddle with the testing
or whatever later. For God's sake, it's not hard.
Another Blogger's concern about the pumps and the levees. Maitri reports in "The Other Shoe Dropping" that erosion has already been found on the newly rebuilt levees! Check his other posts on the rain and pumps in New Orleans. As he says:
To which Ray
responds, “… we are relying on Scuba Steve to clear sediment and debris
from the floodgates in the event that they need to be closed. If those
gates can’t even be closed then the whole thing comes apart. The fact
that the Inner Harbor levees are already leaking on a sunny spring day
is [also] worrisome.”
If you’re keeping track at home, we now need:
a) pumping capacity,
b) the integrity of the west side of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal wall
c) more than a squadron of scuba divers to make sure the floodgates close in the case of a tropical event and,
d) the levee along the London Avenue Canal fixed … YESTERDAY.
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at 10:41 on May 8th, 2007
I live in a Historic City that suffers with minor floods each year .. and in 2000 we had the Worst floods in our City since 1660, Despite the fact that Our floods are Only minor when placed next to those of New Orleans ... I believe that I can understand how these people must be suffering too.
I believe that much more needs to be done in New Orleans and I can only Hope that Mr Bush can see beyond Iraq and try thinking of cleaning up his Own Back yard ... so to speak, These people need his Help` so maybe he should bring a few troops home and get them to Help the good people of New Orleans ? .... BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
Great Story.
at 11:18 on May 8th, 2007
Mr. Bush help out New Orleans? Are you kidding? They are only making progress when they do not rely on the government to help them.