[oceanview]

do you realize the capacity needed here, to empty this many acres?

[Wonder Warthog]

"do you realize the capacity needed here, to empty this many acres?"

Yes, actually I do--and probably better than you do, having seen real Mississippi River flooding in action several times in my life. But there are lots of tractors and pumps in South Louisiana, plus I'm sure there are tractor-trailer mountable portable pumps that can be brought in.

It's a case of making use of ALL the potentially available resources to get the job done. Just like N.O. "should" have used their damned school buses to move/evacuate people.

[John Jamieson]

#6 station pumps 850 cu feet per second, about 300,000 gallons per minute.

640 acres in a square mile.

5280 feet per mile.

All easily calculated.

Give me the number of square miles flooded and average depth and I'll calculate it.

My guess would 60 sq miles at an average of 2 feet. What's your guess?