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Levee Failing In N.O. Falling Apart
wgno ^ | 9-01-2008

Posted on 09/01/2008 2:26:43 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html

Live coverage...levee is failing 350 feet of wall falling apart as we speak...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: gustav; levees; neworleans; nola
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To: All
ATTN those with DirecTV

DirecTV has begun showing WDSU, local channel 6 in New Orleans, on channel 361

The private levee break is in Braithwaite, as far as I can tell by a quick glance. Wanted to come and post this instead.

81 posted on 09/01/2008 3:51:15 PM PDT by lainie (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: GOP_Lady

I like the setup for numerous channels. How do I get that to work with my local stations.


82 posted on 09/01/2008 4:15:43 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: My Favorite Headache

How do I set this up for my local stations. I like the concept.


83 posted on 09/01/2008 4:18:15 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: My Favorite Headache

Fox News Channel reported that it’s a privately owned levee.


84 posted on 09/01/2008 4:21:55 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: deport

It is not New Orleans. It is about an hour drive from NO.


85 posted on 09/01/2008 4:23:36 PM PDT by Scooter47
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To: tx_eggman

Lord have mercy! What in the world did our pioneer ancestors do when they were in the wagon trains traveling west, with floods, Indian attacks, wagon wheels falling off, muddy trails, disease, dysentery and death? There were no “mental health workers and psychologists and psychiatrists” on whose shoulders they could cry. No “gubmint program” and National guard to come and put down sandbags and levees to stop the floods, or to repair the muddy, rutted out roads, repair and change wagon wheels, or to fight the Indians, health care workers to treat the sick, or morticians to take care of burials in a “sensitive” manner. - My grandfather, back during the Great Depression, was an Appalachian MAN who hollowed out bee gum logs to serve as caskets for his family and neighbors and treated his neighbors with roots and herbs when they were sick. Back then, you either got sick and died or else got old and died with all sorts of rheumatiz and arthritis.

Wake up people before the Obamassiah turns us into a bunch of weenies.

Twinkie


86 posted on 09/01/2008 4:24:20 PM PDT by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT !!!)
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To: Tailback
It is a private levee - BTW my hubby works for USACE and I do not appreciate your comments. My husband spent 90 days down south after Katrina and if is he needed again he will gladly do it again.
87 posted on 09/01/2008 4:38:48 PM PDT by stlnative (Change and Experience - McCain/Palin 08)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I just heard on Fox that 2 levees are now in danger of failing.


88 posted on 09/01/2008 4:40:32 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: Scooter47

It is not New Orleans. It is about an hour drive from NO.


I concur and didn’t say it was........ But don’t know about the hour drive as it’s across the river......


89 posted on 09/01/2008 4:55:48 PM PDT by deport ( ----Cue Spooky Music---)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Nah...the neighborhood is probably mostly white.


90 posted on 09/01/2008 5:25:03 PM PDT by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: lainie

Too bad they didn’t do Fox 8.

BTW... still have internet but no power in Mandeville.


91 posted on 09/01/2008 5:25:59 PM PDT by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: Tailback

Now you’re throwing grenades


92 posted on 09/01/2008 5:30:14 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: demsux
But...but...but...we should rebuild New Orleans...

Yeah....up near St. Louis.....let the "chocolate city" sink with the other sludge.....

93 posted on 09/01/2008 5:35:42 PM PDT by Shamrock-DW
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To: Orange1998

It appears that there is no way to change the stations, as they are part of the HTML code.


94 posted on 09/01/2008 6:11:20 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: Tailback

> If a levee in Louisiana fails, the local Army Corps of Engineers entire office should be fired.

It would help greatly if you would learn a few facts before spouting off.


95 posted on 09/01/2008 6:15:51 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: Tailback
If a levee in Louisiana fails, the local Army Corps of Engineers entire office should be fired.

You ever been to NOLA?

You ever been to any mile of any levee there?

FWIW-

96 posted on 09/01/2008 6:24:42 PM PDT by Osage Orange (No Obama Nation..!!)
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To: Osage Orange

Chocolate Mayor is on live now.


97 posted on 09/01/2008 6:28:04 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Tailback
I also want to point out to you that today FOX news caught on tape a USACE employee who jumped into the canal to secure a large propane tank that had broken loose. There was a huge fear that the large propane tank would hit the levee wall and cause it to fail. The USACE employee did jump in with a life jacket on and a life line attached to him.

When you insult the USACE you are also insulting regular ol’ hard working USACE employees who do the labor jobs for USACE. Most of these people would give you the shirt off their back in a heart beat.

As I type this the latest is that no levee's have failed. They are only being over topped by the large amounts of water. No matter what sometimes man can not build structures that can fight off mother nature no matter how hard man tries.

98 posted on 09/01/2008 6:30:41 PM PDT by stlnative (Change and Experience - McCain/Palin 08)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Call me crazy, but I bet those Frenchies had this planned way back when they founded the city in the 17th Century, those wiley dogs!
99 posted on 09/01/2008 6:36:17 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: nuclady

bookmark


100 posted on 09/01/2008 7:39:09 PM PDT by nuclady
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