First of all, the lake will drain into the city basin(s) until it is equalized and that should be that.
Except if the tide comes in and in that case (depending on the tide range) it could dump another 1 to 2 feet of water in to the city through the lake.
And don't be so sure that the lake tidal flow will escape easier to the Gulf with the bowls still lower than the Gulf.
Once the levee to the lake was breached there was virtually no way to keep the water back until equilibrium which will now be subject to tidal conditions on the spring side but not on the neep side.
Has anyone else noticed that virtually every anchor talking head refers to the water as "dissipating" as if it's going to flow uphill?
The "good" news is that the tides in the area are roughly 1.1-1.3 feet between high and low tide.
"Has anyone else noticed that virtually every anchor talking head refers to the water as "dissipating" as if it's going to flow uphill?"
I've noticed it a couple of times. Truly make me wonder how these people filling these high profile jobs can be so ignorant or just senseless.
Ah the tides. What are the tides on the lake. I did a search and found nothing. Nobody has seemed to have written about the tides in the lake on the net. I am not done yet either.
The bowls are not lower than the gulf in parts of the city. Some parts of the city I have seen under water are a couple of feet above sea level. If there is water on Bourbon Street, which is six feet above sea level, it is seven feet above sea level.