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Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Something about this plan bothers me. I am not engineer but my gut tells me that this could make it worse. I think that the expectation of unintended consequences is not unreasonable. The river is dynamic, not static. Anyway, like I said, I am not an engineer so nuff said.
Well, if the sandbags and slings had been near the pumping station like they were supposed to be, the Corps might have been able to deal with this yesterday. :-P
Dunno how fast they can move them. At 1 helicopter load every minute, I'd guess 24 hours to put them in place.
But what will they DO there? Certainly they aren't going to try to make them stay inside, are they?
I know what you mean. I lived in NO, worked there, spent years teaching remedial reading and writing to adults, and there are many great people there, poor as well as rich, but there are far too many predators and would be predators. And they are showing their colors.
Absolutly GREAT.
Now is time for all of us "Armchair Hydrologists and Engineers" to sit back and watch the truly professionals do their thing.
Not to be flippant about it, but its showing nothing. The reporter talking to the reported in the copter said the whole area just looks like a bunch of sticks. And its in at least a mile if not more.
they are plugging a wall at the canal, thus the lake. not the river.
Still immensely better than the alternative.
That was my question. Either the refugees will be wandering the streets of Houston, or they will be imprisoned in the dome. Neither one sounds like a real good deal to me.
Seems as though reports of "tsunami" about the surge were quite accurate.
Here is a sister's report from her brother who was dispatched to Gulfport 2 days ago.
Just an update. We finally heard from Steve. He's tired & hungry. He didn't get to eat yesterday and hadn't eaten as of 6:00 this evening. He said there's no time as there's just so much to do. They were going to stop & eat within the hour. There are no hotels for them there, they're sleeping on the sidewalk. He said that he had tagged 40 bodies today. He seemed to think that the media was holding back on the death toll big time. I truly hope they have some sort of counseling for these search & rescue guys after this is all over with.
Tomorrow's mission for them is to go from basement to attic in every standing home, business, shed, etc. and pull out bodies
If Waveland's gone, so is Pass Christian.
thanks for that information.
Dunno, and it would be stupid to make then stay inside. Just about anything would be an improvement from the SuperDome in its current condition, though.
You are, of course, correct. In my mind, I was referring to the flowing of the water between the canal and the city as a river - obviously I did not make that clear.
Looters are taking cloths, Nikes, and Televisions....
Won't that take weeks?
"via SATERN"
BurbankKarl, how much traffic are you hearing? Is this on the 14.265 frequency? or on VHF?
I was trying to listen to some of the frequencies listed on the ARRL site, but did not hear anything.
I think Gov. Perry said that the Astrodome would be temporary and that he would be trying to find more semi-permanent places for them...
At least at the Astrodome they can go outside...and Astroworld is within walking distance...maybe they will open up and give the people (especially kids) can go free and have some fun, at least for a few hours...and food, and drinks...I know I would do that if I owned it.
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