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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:13:18 PM EDT
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CNN.com is reporting a 2 block wide break.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:16:12 PM EDT
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That's bad.....really bad if it is the lake levee. IIRC the lake is higher than the river side, means more water in the city. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:17:48 PM EDT
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That's all they have on there now. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:23:17 PM EDT
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According to what I saw on CNN just before the top of the hour, it was a lake levee.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:33:36 PM EDT
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Yep, CNN talking head said it was near 7th and Canal street, that's the lake levee. They are interviewing a person in N.O. at a hospital who says the water is rising at 1" every 5 minutes.
Breach is on the Orleans parish side of the canal, it is running directly down Canal Street They are air-evacuating most of the folks in the hospital.  The lady on the phone with CNN is scared to death, you can hear it in her voice. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:34:42 PM EDT
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The worst is still in the future for Nawlins.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:34:46 PM EDT
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Damn
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:37:05 PM EDT
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As if they haven't endured enough.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:37:06 PM EDT
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Flooding is now reaching the second floors of most buildings in NOLA...
Looks like what the cain didn't mess up, the rain will. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:38:15 PM EDT
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Damn
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:39:54 PM EDT
[#11]
Damn! This is bad. Really bad. There are still lots of folks trapped on roofs and attics around this area. Unlike in a big hospital, there's only so far up they can go.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:41:50 PM EDT
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How bad??? How high do you think the water will rise? |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:42:25 PM EDT
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so much for people saying this was a dud
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:43:14 PM EDT
[#14]
Damn things just kept getting worse.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:44:23 PM EDT
[#15]
Good question. Anybody know how much higher the lake's water level is in relation to N.O. itself? |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:46:16 PM EDT
[#16]
they haven't said a thing on CNN
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:47:02 PM EDT
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Water rising at the rate of 1" every 5 minutes. Water is already up to the second floor on many buildings. Any higher than that and folks trapped in attics and the roofs of single story structures will be in serious trouble. And from news reports I heard earlier tonight, there are still lots of people in that sort of situation. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:48:51 PM EDT
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The "bowl" of NOLA is 15 ft. deep... I'm guessing that flooding could reach about a foot above that... If the water gets that high, the whole place will be washed out into the delta. That's about as bad as things could get. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:51:39 PM EDT
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So in other words, NO is about to be wiped off the face of the map?!?!?! 
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:51:55 PM EDT
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Another problem with New Orleans are those flood barriers built on the Gulf side of the city. Those are going to prevent this water rushing in from the levee break on the north side to exit on the southern side. In effect, the barriers will act as a dam and N.O. will become a lake.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:51:58 PM EDT
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Geez. What with the big easy getting washed away I'm wondering if people might rethink rebuilding the place.
Ofcourse they will, but....damn! |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:53:40 PM EDT
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How much lower than sea level is new orleans? I would guess sea level is the max height of flooding.
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:54:11 PM EDT
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Doubtful, since this is the same scenereo that occured 40 years ago, the last time a hurricane came this close. And that one was only a class 3.. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:55:36 PM EDT
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twin span bridge is totally destroyed and NO is 80% underwater!!!
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:55:43 PM EDT
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The average is around -6 ft. But I have seen water in some areas that's 12 ft deep, or worse. So it's hard to say. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:56:19 PM EDT
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That’s pretty much been the nightmare scenario since mid-afternoon yesterday. Either way, it will be a couple years before Bourbon St. opens back up. Yeah, it’s that bad. 
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:56:38 PM EDT
[#27]
How deep? |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:58:02 PM EDT
[#28]
Well see... its not like this has not happened before. |
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:58:28 PM EDT
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I hope everyone makes it out safe, but why the hell do people live in such areas? What do they expect?
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Posted: 8/29/2005 11:59:40 PM EDT
[#30]
they didn't say |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:00:12 AM EDT
[#31]
Although I had much the same sentiments above I've gotta admit, nowhere is really safe. SoCal can always have the "Big One" quake and imagine your lovely Nevada without water service for two weeks. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:00:59 AM EDT
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A TV station in New Orleans just broadcast the mayor giving a statement:
www.wwltv.com Streaming video link there also. (can somebody make this link hot...I do not know how to do it) |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:01:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:02:56 AM EDT
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If you live on a fault line you should move, if your not willing to move you should be ready to loose your home and perhaps your life. We could do just fine with out california  But really, it's playing with fire, your gonna get burned, maybe not today but one day its gonna happen. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:04:41 AM EDT
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Yes, CNN is reporting eighty percent of New Orleans is now underwater. Water rushing down Canal street through the levee break. Twenty square mile area underwater. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:08:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:11:15 AM EDT
[#37]
looting
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:12:55 AM EDT
[#38]
DAMN!!!!!
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:13:38 AM EDT
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It is not all that bad, I've survived many earthquakes, and seen 2 riots. Other than that it's okay. Our building codes are very strict. According to the streaming link above, Boubon St is dry for now. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:14:27 AM EDT
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Sadly, human nature being what it is you can expect looting to follow once the main danger of drowning is over. Hopefully we won't have any Nat. Guardsmen getting their rifles stolen this go around. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:15:44 AM EDT
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CNN: New Orleans Fire Chief confirms 200 foot break in levee. Lake Ponchatrain is pouring into New Orleans, near Canal Street. Mayor says some sections deep as 20 feet. Airport under water. All of Slidell MS underwater. Metarie is under water. All routes out of New Orleans are underwater. Oil Tanker has ran aground and is leaking oil. Barge hit major skyscraper and structural integrity is compromised. Many reports of bodies floating in the water from firemen, policemen. Bodies floating everywhere in east New Orleans.
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:22:44 AM EDT
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How important/vital is that Twin Span Bridge that was destroyed?
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:22:55 AM EDT
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If it's underwater I say we leave it, to drain it and rebuild will simply be a temp fix. Lets just give the people who have lost homes some cash. If we gave israel $300k+ a family we can give that to americans.
I figure in the long run it would save quite a few bucks. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:24:13 AM EDT
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This may sound horrible, but why? Theyre the ones who decided to live in a area that is prone to hurricans and is under sea level. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:25:29 AM EDT
[#45]
Because no matter what we are going to pay for it, so lets do something that will help save some money. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:28:32 AM EDT
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Pump not working on Marconi Drive and in Ninth Ward. Water overwhelmed levee system. Water being pumped out of New Orleans is coming back in through the levee breach. St Benard is totally devestated - 40,000 homes flooded in that area alone. FEMA says 80 percent of NO underwater, everything north of I-10 underwater.
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:29:28 AM EDT
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Geez. I was hoping that with the change of course, New Orleans would escape with few deaths. I suppose that's not going to be the case. |
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:29:42 AM EDT
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cnn is the only ones talking about this, cnn does seem to usually have the news first.
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:30:39 AM EDT
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A coastal city that was below sea level is now suffering from flooding? Inconceivable!
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Posted: 8/30/2005 12:30:45 AM EDT
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The pumps that are working are pumping water that is ending up coming back in through the levee breach. 
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