Rita's rain pours over New Orleans' levee

[MotherOfGizmo]

‘Our worst fears came true,’ official says as water pours into 9th Ward

BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 11:15 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2005

NEW ORLEANS - Dozens of New Orleans blocks were underwater as rain poured over a patched levee in the form of a waterfall at least 30 feet wide, confirming fears that the city's weakened levees would not be able to handle the additional rainfall.

Water was waist deep and rising fast on the street that runs next to the canal.

"We have discovered an overtopping on the industrial canal," Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Mitch Frazier told local radio.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438536/

[Peytonn]

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438536/

I don't see how the EXPECT that little thing strip of loosely stacked dirt and rock to keep anything out... let alone under hurricane conditions.......

[Peytonn]

Re: Rita's rain pours over New Orleans' levee

can you say DUH?

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Rita's rain pours over New Orleans' levee

You gotta remember too though, the water is higher than normal already, they were still in the process of pumping out the xtra water from Katrina!

[Peytonn]

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yeah I know.. but it's been 3 weeks.. and they've been pumping it over the top.with pipes... (from the pictures I've seen). I'm just saying that this thing doesn't look stable at all in the first place... my Daddy has a 1 acre fish pond with a wider, taller, stronger damn that that...... just looks like it should be thicker... that's all.....

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Yea, it does look kinda flimsy, but then again, its held up for a lot of years before Katrina.

[Labarum]

Re: Rita's rain pours over New Orleans' levee

The British Press is covering this and more

See the London Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23889-1795360,00.html

And on Texas

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...794839,00.html

In the Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...portaltop.html

The BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4277348.stm