Posted on 08/30/2005 1:47:40 AM PDT by Prince Charles
Mayor: Major Breach Flooding and Destroying New Orleans
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Author: Steve Sabludowsky | 8/30/2005 Home : Business
The City of New Orleans Is Devastated. Those were the words of Mayor C. Ray Nagin and based upon a major breach of a levee system, water is flowing into New Orleans flooding it beyond recognition and could very well destroy New Orleans, Jefferson and the surrounding areas.
In a most frightening interview with WWL TV, Mayor C. Ray Nagin gave the worse-case scenario of events that anyone could possibly imagine. In the beginning of the interview, he stated that New Orleans is devastated.
Of most importance is the breach of the levee between Jefferson and Orleans Parish.
“We probably have 80 percent of our city under water with some sections of our city the water is as deep as 20 feet”.
Both airports are underwater.
The twin spans are destroyed.
The Yacht club is burned and destroyed.
Mayor Nagin also stated he was not sure of the structural soundness of the highrise. He stated that it is possible that the highrise bridge in east New Orleans could be unstable.
(Excerpt) Read more at bayoubuzz.com ...
I wonder about the history of how it came to be built there. Was it originally dry and that has sunk over the years? I mean, that's possible, because it's basically alluvial mud, not the most solid place to build.
Or did they gradually build levees, and expand the area, and reclaim it? Probably for agriculture at first, I imagine just about anything would grow like weeds in the soil.
Anybody know more about it?
Can't barges run aground too?
Good questions. I do know that the ground has been sinking for a long time there.
yes - but they have a foam core and they have to be weighed down - how would you do it in a breech that is flowing with water and could it be done quickly enough without killing the workers that are doing it?
NO is toast. God bless and keep those that have lost everything.
Actually, it wasn't my suggestion :)
:-)
NO was originally dry, protected by an extensive marsh system.
Over the years, through man's foolish manipulation of the lower Mississippi River, the marshes are gone, and NO is sinking ever deeper.
If NO is as badly devastated as it now appears to be, there is no good way to fix it.
I wonder if it will sink more if the bowl fills up with water
Well, I imagine, marshes or not, if you put something heavy there, it will sink.
Probably a couple thousand feet down to bedrock, if not more.
I wonder if anyone has ever studied the natural turnover process of the soils on and around massive river deltas. They are quite a unique environment.
I still stand my my earlier statement, we ain't carp.
Maybe I should amend it, we ain't shrimp.
Well, I ain't!!
;-)
You are absolutely correct. New Orleans sits on sediment. There is plenty of room to compress. Any extra weight will not help. Fortunately it takes a long time to cause a measurable depression, and the water should be long gone by then (hopefully).
Both. The area of the city that was built on high ground has subsided. In addition lots of land had been "reclaimed".
Or any other report I've heard. This morning's newspapers are saying New Orleans "dodged a bullet"
Also Bush's fault because he won't sign Kyoto, which would save the world.
Shep said NO doged a major bullet and basically seemed to say that NO was fine.
If it isn't a judgement of God on that city, It should be. The story sounds like it's right out of the Old testament.
It really is Biblical in proportion.
"I can't sleep; I can't believe that this is only being covered right now on CNN; I can't fathom how this could possibly be anything beyond catastrophic.
And so I pray. It's all that's left to us, and to the citizens of the Crescent City. God save them."
Its a good thing the news reporters didn't report 911 like they did yesterday with NO.
Yes, two planes hit the Twin Towers, but nothing else major is going on and the towers are still standing so it looks like NY City doged a massive bullet.
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