To: John Jamieson
The canal is below the lake level but above ground level and is where a lot of water gets dumped when they're trying to drain other parts of the city.. IE: the western portion of the city dumps into that canal, with the breach, the western portion can't pump without putting in more water into the eastern portion.
Effectively, half of the water pumped out of the western portion of the city since the hurricane started pouring rain down is now flowing into the eastern portion (downtown area). The Corps aren't in panic mode because they need the daylight to move heavy machinery through a town with thousands of fallen trees, downed power lines and other debris. At least this is my take on all of this - your mileage may vary.
2,451 posted on
08/30/2005 2:16:09 AM PDT by
kingu
(Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
To: kingu
See post 2453. Did someone try to put 10 pounds in a 5 pound bag?
2,454 posted on
08/30/2005 2:30:35 AM PDT by
John Jamieson
(Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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