[cajungirl]

That can't be so. The river is low this time of year.

Must be down river in Plaquemine or something.

[Types_with_Fist]

Must be down river in Plaquemine or something.

Yes. It was the Parish president of Plaquemines or something talking about the levy there on WWL.

[Fitzcarraldo]

That can't be so. The river is low this time of year.

Lot's of rain from Katrina is draining to the ocean via the Miss. R.

[stlnative]

here are the projected levels for the Mississippi river for the next 5 days

http://www.riverwatch.noaa.gov/forecasts/ORNRVAORN.shtml

[rolling_stone]

The river levees are built much better and to withstand a 600 year storm while the lake levees are built to withstand a 100 or 200 year storm..


"The city is exposed to as much as four times the risk of hurricane flooding as it is to river flooding . . . that's always been an odd issue to me. Why would the government think that water from the lake is less dangerous than water from the river?"


JOSEPH SUHAYDA
LSU engineering professor

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf?/washingaway/risk_1.html

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/popup/nolalevees_jpg.html