Did anyone hear that the water is slowly rising in NO? I am not quite sure what I heard. If true, that suggests the levees have a leak.
I heard a report about water still rising - unfortunately, didn't catch the location.
I thought that's what I jsut heard, too!
CNN photographer said it's still rising slowly.
Meserve said the same thing, not sure what it is - the sewers backing up? the tide coming in? I guess those damn pumps are still not working? how they can install electric pumps on commercial power is beyond me, those things should be on dedicated diesels.
where the hell is FEMA, they don't have portable pumps?
Yes, it has been reported to be rising all day. Apparently too many pumps are down and there is a backflow in some of the pipes. Also an official this afternoon talked about the levees haven't been breached, but some water is getting past them. Didn't specify whether it was overtopping, perculating leaks, or the aforementioned backflow. Thankfully there are barricades up and they are not allow persons back into the city. No way they can do that until all the levees are checked for integrity.