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To: oceanview

Some of this flooding is because the pumps failed, and this is water backed up from storm (and I suspect, "other") sewers.


22 posted on 08/29/2005 12:53:09 PM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: MizSterious

The pumps in N.O. have never been capable of preventing the city from flooding. The pumps get overwhelmed by severe rainstorms routinely, and areas of the city flood. The pumping stations then remedy the flooding, but they cannot prevent it.


44 posted on 08/29/2005 1:06:29 PM PDT by Poodlebrain
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