Undoubtedly correct, and a ghastly prospect. There's going to be feet of water in those areas for weeks or months.
"No guarantees, but I expect this will not be addressed until the water levels balance on both sides.
Not only is the repair orders of magnitude easier when the flow stops, but I simply doubt the
resources are in place now, or that they will be before water levels equalize.
""Undoubtedly correct, and a ghastly prospect. There's going to be feet of water in those areas for weeks
or months.""
This is the start of a long day. A quiet rise in water in New Orleans may not be the worst news we get. The "dodged a bullet" crowd is in for a rude surprise, actually a number of them. Levees fail late just as often as they do early, the earth turns to soup as time goes by and tiny trickles find cracks and become torrents.
I am happy with the rate of water rise in New Orleans. A wall of water ruins foundations. A slow unstoppable rise weakens other sections of levee while there's still a "head" water level differential on the two sides, which can lead to a wall of water scenario.
This way the kinetic damage stays to a minimum. The best case scenario for New Orleans now is for the head to equalize as quickly as possible, short of a rate which undermines foundations.