Did anyone notice the water is running OUT of the city now?

[bullimiami]

Look at the video. You can see the mud flowing OUT into the canal.

UHHH. Maybe they should STOP fixing the damn dam break for awhile.

Its too late guys. way too late. the water is receding.
fixing the wall must be just a show for the cameras.

do the smart thing and fix it after the water stops flowing out.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. They were supposed to open the levee in St. Bernard

to let out the water into the river.

It must be working.

[Bouncy Ball]

2. How could it be running out?

The water is flowing in from the river. They can't even pump it out until they get the levee breaks closed up. I'm not saying what you are saying ISN'T true, I just don't see how that's possible.

[FloridaPat]

5. Lake Ponchatran is really a bay and has tides. When the tide goes

down, they can open the levee and let the water flow out.

[bullimiami]

6. because the river level must have lowered.

dont trust me look at the video of the levee repair. see for yourself.

[Donailin]

7. the water needs to be level on both sides so that

there is no longer a flow, but rather stillness so that the sandbags won't move from the pressure of the flow. That means compromising the integrity of other levees to speed up that process.

[Junkdrawer]

8. Read here:

once they let the city flood to lake level, the lake and the city drain together:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4826934

The time to fix the levee was Tuesday before the city flooded to lake level.

[expatriate]

9. The water is flowing into the city from Lake Ponchartrain

not from the river. Lake Ponchartrain has tides - when the tide goes out, the water level goes down. During these times, they are opening the levee in St. Bernard Parish and allowing some of the floodwater to go into the Mississippi River.

New Orleans has all kinds of floodgates and ways to shunt water into either the river or the lake. During flood stages on the river, to take pressure off the levees there, water is sometimes diverted through Lake Ponchartrain. It causes a lot of environmental strain on the lake, but it keeps the river levees from breaking.

[Field Of Dreams]

3. I thought I heard an Army Corps engineer guy say the

lake level was now somewhat lower than the level of water in the city so it would drain back a little into the lake.

[Usrename]

4. Absolutely!