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If I was a betting man. I would not bet on the New Orleans levies holding.

Posted by Redmond (aka redmond) Aug 27 '12, 18:36

I hope I am wrong but that storm is going to be dumping rain for 12 hours at current speed. The storm surge won't be the issue this time it will be the heavy ammount of rain.

The silver lining is I see it's going to then head over sever drought areas and drop tons of rain on them.

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they're built to withstand category 2, yes? -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:37 24
- Did they rebuild them better? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 27, 18:38 23
  - I thought that was the baseline. K was Category 3. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:39 22
    - They weren't built quite right to begin with. - the liioulu with Aug 27, 18:41 8
      - They were built on a budget. It was either that or not rebuild the city. -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:42 7
        
        hang on. the levees are built by the ACE, I thought. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:42 6
        
        They still have a budget -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:43 5
        
        of course, but they're not responsible for rebuilding the city. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:44 4
        
        Well, you need the first thing before you would spend money on the second -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:49 3
        
        different pools of money. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:50 2
        
        What I am saying.... If you don't have levies, you can't have a city that is under sea level there -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:51 1
        
        I know what you are saying, but the two things are independent as far as funding. - loosilu Aug 27, 18:54
    - For storm surge yes. This is a very slow mover. It's the rain that is going to get them. - Redmond Aug 27, 18:40 12
      - I thought they could handle rain. storm surge is what they can't handle. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:42 11
        
        The rain is what got them last time. It was the second of the one two punches that caused them to fail. As I understand it -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:43 10
        
        I thought surge. someone should research. I am doing laundry right now and can't. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:45 2
        
        you ask, i answer. redmond read this - tRuMaN Aug 27, 18:53 1
        
        thank you tru! -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:54
        
        no it wasnt, it was the storm surge that broke the levies, the rain just made it worse. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 18:44 6
        
        I thought they didn't break until day 2 after the storm was out of the area -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 18:46 4
        
        mostly yes, but if you read the reports, or such - tRuMaN Aug 27, 18:50 1
        
        the official reports say it was surge. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 27, 18:52
        
        The surge washed the footings, whatever, out from under the levees and weakened them. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 27, 18:49
        
        yes, but I believe it was after a day or two of strain after surge. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 18:48
        
        It undercut them. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 27, 18:44

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