[Cincinatus' Wife]

I understand Lake Pontchartrain is below sea level so from your chart, that would put the city below that. I'd heard as Katrina was coming ashore, if the hurricane came in on the east side of the city, it would push storm surge water in from the gulf, then the wind rotation would force lake water down from the north, and there would be pouring rain - literally water from all directions.

From that account, it seems the city is below sea level.

[John Jamieson]

Better go back and find the zeros on those scales. Also look for the "normal lake level" marker at the 1 foot mark.

[libtoken]

I happened to wake up in time for the 4 am news. Cantore may actually have been correct in guesstimating the surge plus wave at 37 feet, for there were pictures of a beachfront building 5 stories tall with obvious fourth-floor damage. Other pictures included piles of matchsticks, a flipped 18-wheeler with only the tires showing above the floodwaters, shattered highways and bridges, and of course videos of the Coast Guard and looters in action.