Beats me -- have no idea how long it will take to drain the city. Last night they had an "expert" on levees on and he said they would take out the levees protecting the city to drain it quicker. If they start draining the city won't more water come in? As you can tell I have absolutely zero knowledge about levees.
Aaron Brown asking anybody on camera "Did you underestimate this storm? What took so long? Who's to blame."
Sickening.
When Lake Ponchatrain lowers to a more natural level, the levee breaks will allow the flow of water back to the lake thru the canals. Recognize that the ocean storm surge from Katrina was huge. About 200 miles out from NO to the SE, swells were reported at 40 feet,with wind at 63 kts at buoy 4040. At the time reported the eye of Katrina was 80 miles from the LA coast and winds were reported at 73 kts, with gusts to 83 kts at buoy BURS1 at the southern tip of the LA coast. The National Buoy Center is located at the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis. It was evacuated before the storm hit and their website has been down since then.