To: twntaipan
On one end of the canal, adjacent to the lake, workers are using a pile driver to erect a wall more than 100 feet long to stem the flow of water. I can't believe that there are no 'close-out' doors on the exits of the canals into the lake, or to the Mississippi. That is why NOLA flooded as badly as it did. What moron designed that?
15 posted on
09/03/2005 4:41:19 AM PDT by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)
To: brityank
Canal? Back up? You gotta be kiddin', mon.
18 posted on
09/03/2005 4:46:38 AM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: brityank
I can't believe that there are no 'close-out' doors on the exits of the canals into the lake, or to the Mississippi. That is why NOLA flooded as badly as it did. What moron designed that? I have been wondering the same thing. I know the Thames River below London has these gates, and have seen the design work for some in Venice though I do not know if they were ever built. One set at each end of the two canals would have prevented all this.
32 posted on
09/03/2005 12:50:11 PM PDT by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(I'm a Conservative but will not support evil just because it's "the law.")
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