I have a question about the water removal issue

[I_Make_Mistakes]

Could they fill fire trucks with the water (in the flooded) and transport it somewhere else? The idea of weeks and weeks just to get the water drained has me flabbergasted.

[clmbohdem]

1. way too much water..

[ret5hd]

3. by orders of magnitude upon magnitude...

way, WAY too much water.

[phantom power]

2. Many fire trucks can act as pumps. They could use the trucks to

pump it back into the reservoir. But they need fire trucks to fight fires, too, so that's a problem.

I think it would be too slow to make trips back and forth. It's an enormous amount of water we're talking about. Better to bring in some large stationary pumps from somewhere else.

[tinrobot]

4. Why do you need fire trucks?

Instead of pumping the water into the trucks pump it directly into the ocean or some other body of water where the trucks would normally dump it anyways.

Besides, there's also a LOT of water in that city. A few fire trucks would hardly scratch the surface.

[fishnfla]

5. I giant sponge would be more effective

call your (blank) in-law

[Redstone]

6. Well, the problem is that you're dealing with a lake the size of a city.

Good try, though. If you've ever seen a fire truck pump out a flooded basement, it's impressive, but just not enough.

At least you're trying to be constructive, which is good.

Redstone

[ahem]

7. It would be like draining a bathtub with an eye-dropper...

Sadly it's just too much.

[nookiemonster]

8. Just considering the land area size and depth of water,

and Lake New Orleans would be a more apt description.

It's so sad.

:(

[MazeRat7]

9. A study from last year esitmates 9 weeks to pump it out....

Here is previous thread with the article link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4521691&mesg_id=4521691

MZr7

[I_Make_Mistakes]

10. Thanks MazeRat

I came home from work one night and found that a car had driven into my condo bldg. It is such a devastating feeling to have no where to live in an instant. They were afraid the roof might collapse, but they at least let me run in a get a few things, including my cat.

I was out for a month, but, at least I knew that my possessions were ok. I can not even fathom the not-knowing these people are experiencing.

Edited for typo

[Wizard777]

11. Another Question.

The Army Corp of Engeneers has said that they had planed strategic beaches of the levee to allow gravity to drain NOLA. Basically this is a blessing in disguise. I have a problem with this theory. It's Bush Shit in disguise! Gravity is how the water got into NO. The City is BELOW Lake Pontchatrain. If you dig a hole anywhere in NO. It fills with water and that is durring the dry season. So My question is. Is Rove going to spin the entire world backwards, reversing gravity, and causing water to run UP HILL?

Aw what the Hell! Let's all just take a run up to the Hill. It'll be interesting to see who has their head up their ass and who just has their thumb up their ass. I'm smell a Rumsfeld!