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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:22 PM
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Times Picayune: Tidal shift (water receding)
Maj. Gen. Don Reily, head of the U.S. Corps of Engineers' storm recovery operation, said at midday Wednesday that Lake Pontchartrain water level has dropped and has “equalized” with flood-waters in the city. That means water has begun to recede, flowing back into the lake, at a rate of approximately a half-inch an hour.

The general said this should continue, except during a high tide “later in the evening.”

“As it (the water) recedes this will help” the attempt by the Corps and the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to temporarily plug the breach in the 17th Street Canal and drive sheet-pilings and also possibly rock into the junction of the canal at Lake Pontchartain,” the general said.

In the two-pronged operation, the huge sandbags and “concrete jersey-barriers are being dumped into the flood-wall breach,” by the Corps, the general said at a press conference in Baton Rouge early Wednesday afternoon where a New Orleans Sewer and Water official and U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter also spoke.

If these two attempts are successful, and the lake recedes more, the next step will start as soon as the city gets power to their pumps, he said. The temporary plug at the lakeshore will then be removed so that pumping station Number 6, which he said handles about 10,000 cubic feet of water per second, can began pushing water out of that canal into the lake, he said.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_08.html#075474
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:27 PM
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1. Great news. Finally. nt.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:27 PM
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2. It's only as the water recedes that the extent of the horror will be
revealed. Without the pumps though, everything is on standby.
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despairing optimist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:29 PM
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3. Isn't there a storm surge from upriver expected on Friday?
I think that was mentioned today on Democracy Now: 5-9 feet surge. That would flow into Lake Pontchartrain and back into NO.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:50 PM
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4. partly from the remnants of the hurricane
entering the mississippi

yes, in other words.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:52 PM
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5. Okay. Good. Now, get those pumps running!!!
ASAP!!!
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philarq Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 08:45 PM
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6. anyone seen a site that shows where water is?
I am looking for info on Metarie and some friends who may be there. BBC has an info site up on its main page also but I was looking for info on specific neighborhoods.
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drthais Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:15 PM
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8. Metarie is largely underwater
but not completely
anyone who is still there
is waiting to be rescued and evacuated
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muwriter Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:46 PM
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12. Hit by storm, but not suffering from levee breech IIRC location correctly
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 09:46 PM by muwriter
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philarq Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:12 PM
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14. yeah--this is what I have seen
that there was some water in metarie, but the major breach was on the other side of the 17th street canal, I also cant find a couple friends in Laurel Miss, but one actually posted on here earlier from "parts unknown" and the other I tried to call earlier, but there is no phone service there apparently--I will e-mail all the addresses I have, home and work, and hope for the best, i do not believe that they had any damage there, just no electric nor phone it seems. --thanks all
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:51 PM
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13. Try WWL-TV
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 09:51 PM by KamaAina
http://www.wwltv.com

They have a message board for each parish.

edit: link
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drthais Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:12 PM
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7. They forgot to mention this:
It has been determined
that it will take six months to pump the water out of the city

I hate the hype and the spin
we're having a hard enough time down here
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:25 PM
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9. the National Weather Service says it may rain during the next few days
Life really sucks down there right now.

:(
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Sgent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:43 PM
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10. I wish it would
the intermittent rains that NOLA usually gets in the summer would be welcome. It won't significantly add to the problem, but will provide 1000's of people fresh (relatively) clean drinking water.
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 09:46 PM
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11. good point!
I understand the lack of clean water is becoming a very serious issue.
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