Can New Orleans handle 20+ inches of rain

[center rising]

Haley Barbour just declared a state of emergency in Mississippi because he expects up to 20 inches of rain in that state. Bobby Jindal and Mitch Landrieu are going to have a boatload of problems, (no pun intended).

[Harmony Blue]

1. If the pump works...theoretically yes

But no way to know for sure....

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Shame they can't send any of it to TX.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. I'm beginning to think it won't rain here ever again.

:silly:

[spin]

3. I'll bet it will not get the 24/7 attention that the tropical storm ...

also known as Hurricane Irene got last week.

[Harmony Blue]

4. That is true but wetlands tend to be able to absorb large amount of water

they are a crucial buffer to the gulf states, which is why it saddens me to see developers destroying them without thought. New Orleans is built on wetlands but has been paved over by concrete, which is why the pumps are needed for an area below sea level.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. Better than most places, so long as the levees hold.

They already have the pumps in place to deal with it.