I disagree. If there are four major breeches in the levees, by this time tomorrow New Orleans will be at the same water level as Lake Pontchatrain. Pumping water back into the lake is useless if there is open communication between the lake and the city.
And if fires break out, it's over. Recall what happened to Grand Forks when it flooded. This is far, far worse.
Are you seeing this video?
Fires breaking out all over the place.
"To: jeffers
NO can be drained. Had it flooded yeaterday during the heigth of the storm, there'd be nothing left worth draining.
I disagree. If there are four major breeches in the levees, by this time tomorrow New Orleans will be at the same water level as Lake Pontchatrain. Pumping water back into the lake is useless if there is open
communication between the lake and the city.
And if fires break out, it's over. Recall what happened to Grand Forks when it flooded. This is far, far worse."
I agree that fires are a major concern now.
I disagree that NO water levels equalling Lake P. are a bad thing. If the levees held, that would have been better, but they have been breached. From here, the only way to minimize damage is for the levels to equalize without scouring effects under the buildings. Yes, this is a triage point of view, but what else do we have?