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In response to "One thing seems very lost in the coverage of the 5 year anniversary of Katrina. It will happen again. -- nm" by Qale

that a hurricane will strike near New Orleans? sure. that wasn't the cause of the deadliest flooding though

Posted by milky (aka chris) Aug 29 '10, 23:13

the levees failed before the floodwaters topped them.

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Someone didn't read the Popular Mechanics article posted a few days ago. - Stephen Aug 29, 23:41 5
- Popular Mechanics should have probably waited until more than a few months after Katrina to pronounce the myth busted -- (link) - milky Aug 29, 23:50 3
  - Wikipedia to the rescue! - Stephen Aug 30, 01:12 2
    - where the fuck did i say the Army Corps hated black people? -- nm - milky Aug 30, 01:20 1
      - offs - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 30, 01:36
- Speaking of Mythbusters. I'm just days away from meeting Adam Savage my 4th Myth Met. (the Jamie's the last one nt.) -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:43
You talking bout Brownie? Hell of a job done, that Brownie. I won't tolerate any bad talking about that man. -- nm - Dubya Aug 29, 23:31
the levees were rebuilt to the old standard (which was still probably an improvement but) would not withstand an equal event since there is lowering.. - zeitgeist Aug 29, 23:19 5
- the levees failed because they were negligently constructed by the corps, not because they were negligently designed originally - milky Aug 29, 23:21 4
  - yeah, agreed, but they are saying the standards they built to will not be adequate for predictable conditions coming because of the ... - zeitgeist Aug 29, 23:27 1
    - Let's just face it: New Orleans will never be safe until Jim Cantore retires. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:29
  - Of course Katrina didn't even directly hit New Orleans too. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:23 1
    - And wasn't even the Cat 5 when it hit. Unimaginably there is even room for a bigger strike. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:26
Both will happen again. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:16 3
- not if the new levees work as they have been designed to - milky Aug 29, 23:19 2
  - The Dutch don't take hurricanes. I wouldn't put faith in new untested levees either. -- nm - Qale Aug 29, 23:22
  - dutch might get big strong storms but they ain't huricanes feed by very warm waters of the gulf (which is how tropical storms ramp up speed) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 29, 23:21

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that a hurricane will strike near New Orleans? sure. that wasn't the cause of the deadliest flooding though

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