To: Alberta's Child
I wonder if the water rushing in from Ponchatrain will effect the levees on the river side. Thankfully they are still intact in the city, or the flooding would be worse. But it seems to me that water on both sides of the levee will weaken it.
3,469 posted on
08/30/2005 9:25:38 PM PDT by
Ingtar
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To: Ingtar
Once the water reaches the same elevation on both sides of the levee, the levee is pretty meaningless at that point.
3,488 posted on
08/30/2005 9:30:08 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
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To: Ingtar
Oops -- sorry about that. I didn't realize you were talking about the levees on the OTHER side.
3,496 posted on
08/30/2005 9:31:19 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
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