Water still coming into New Orleans through levee break

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3823850

September 9, 2005

NEW ORLEANS Even as pumps begin pushing floodwaters out of New Orleans, water is still coming in through a break in a key levee.

A break in the floodwall on the London Avenue Canal remains open, pouring water from Lake Ponchartrain into the flooded city.

[BootinUp]

1. hmmmm

maybe we should fix the leak?

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. Damn! Now why didn't *I* think of that!

If it's small enough, maybe that would be a good project for "Brownie". No, not in terms of letting him oversee efforts to plug it -- God Forbid -- no, I was thinking more in terms of USING him to plug the leak. Literally. Plug Chertoff in there with him to insure a tight fit. (I would have added in boosh* and Unca DICK, but New Orleans has enough toxic water problems to deal with.)

[barenakedbiker]

2. Leak? Leak? Where?

Where is that scroundel, Rove??

[Erika]

3. Yet Biloxi & Gulfport are bragging they are getting electricity!

They say because they didn't just sit around whining and waiting for help (like NO?)

Racism is alive and well in the South.

[sandnsea]

5. Biloxi lost 20% of structures

Or maybe because they weren't hit as badly as they believe they were. Not to mention, New Orleans has some electricity and water restored as well.

"Biloxi lost about 20 percent of its structures to Hurricane Katrina, said Community Development Director Jerry Creel.

Creel said the city lost 5,014 structures of the city's 25,575 structures and that some of those still standing will later be condemned."

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/12584269.htm

[merwin]

4. But they said 5 days ago that the levee was repaired!

[sandnsea]

6. There's 3 leaks

The biggest one was repaired a few days ago.

[uppityperson]

7. Flows in, pumped out, flow in, pump out, flow in, pump out=Progress?

[Sgent]

8. The current levee break

affects the poorer areas of the city. The 17th Canal breech flooded the French Quarter, Central Business District, Uptown, Garden District, and Lakeview.

[debbierlus]

10. We have yet to see the full consequences of the incompetence

This is going to get worse, not better.

Environmental disaster area.