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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:08:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Boy, I hope they can.
The only thing I can think of is to sink barges in the gap - that's the only thing ready to hand that would be large enough.
There are two forces one has to work against: head loss and gravity. In any given system, I would expect the power requirement to be approximately k1*V^3 + k2*V where V is the volumetric flow rate and k1 and k2 are proportionality constants. If V is much less than sqrt(k2/k1), the linear term will dominate. If V is much greater than sqrt(k2/k1), the cubic term will dominate. If V equal or nearly equal to sqrt(k2/k1), both terms will contribute significantly.
I kept looking up thinking surely it wasn't really live...the anchor was ticking me off b/c I thought he wasn't paying attention to what she was saying b/c of some of the questions, but now that I think about it, I suspect he was just stunned and thought he was hearing wrong, too.
Very frightening...
Especially disconcerting b/c if she's correct, it sure doesn't seem like it's very 'common knowledge' about what's happening (or at least non of the other media I can find have mentioned that or are even live...but perhaps something more local is)...makes me think that it may get even worse b/c everyone's 'in the dark' about what's up...and if it's happening this quickly, it may be too late to do much for those still in the area.
What did the mayor say about the breach?
Give me a second, 17th and Canal couldn't be found, but let me try something else.
I was wondering about the temps there: thinking that, too. I saw on wlox's website: current 34 F, feels like 13F!!
Horrible!
That's the first thing my husband said.
You know and I have to give it to the authorties are done an excellent job in alot of respects. The scary thing is I getting the feeling there is a lack of communication from the parishes to Baton rouge fema etc. JUst the lack of the info on Slidell is frightning . I think something has broke down and why we are having such generic statements from Baton Rouge.
Do you mind is I ask where you are ...and dad?
I'm old Mississippian and have friends in Biloxi we can't reach either
Those apartments getting leveled is just like the Richeleui apartments back in Camille...
no, its the 17th Street Canal...
Was the Yahoo map I posted any good?
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=48087&view=findpost&p=568248
It's in the NW part of the image, near the red building, and bridge.
Per the NO Times-Picayune, the break is on the 17th Street Canal near the Hammond Highway. That's on the New Orleans-Metairie border near the lake:
Flood waters still rising, Red Cross expects "largest recovery operaton" ever
By Mark Schleifstein
Staff writer
Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman Marty Bahamond, stationed at the New Orleans Emergency Operations Center, said a 100-to-200-meter section of levee and wall failed on the eastern side of the 17th Street Canal at the Hammond Highway bridge, which connects Buck Town in Metairie and West Lakeview in New Orleans.
Bahamond said the breach is a major factor in flooding that now covers an area bounded by the 17th Street Canal, the Industrial Canal and Interstate 10, and is spreading.
Areas flooded include the neighborhoods of Gentilly, Lakeview, City Park and Mid City, he said.
Determining exactly where the water from the 17th Street Canal is going is difficult, but its causing floodwaters to rise in that entire area late Monday.
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http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_nolaview/archives/2005_08.html#074963
I gave up on FNC awhile ago also (for CNN...like you, b/c they're at least live)...I hope FNC isn't daring to play that stupid "we're always live" thing on their little spots... No, you're not live, and you're missing what's going on. Not like they don't have folks down there, even if they're not in ideal spots...they could be doing something...intermixing earlier segments with some live stuff like CNN is...ugh. Irritating.
Lakeview.
Ping to image... I have conformation from a local.
Thanks
I agree at least Fox could read off Nola.com and their updates
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