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To: oceanview
"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.

36 posted on 09/03/2005 6:54:04 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: Wonder Warthog

For the volume of water to be moved, with the head pressure needed to raise the water high enough to go over the sea wall or back into lake ponchatrain, there arent enough fire trucks or portable pumps in the US right now to move that much water in less than 6 to 8 months


129 posted on 09/03/2005 7:29:56 PM PDT by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Not for nothing but they could bus the water out. Now that they have buses. /sarcasm off


335 posted on 09/04/2005 1:23:24 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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