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To: sefarkas

The 17th St. Canal flood wall collapsed at 3 a.m. Monday morning, August 29, about 4 hours before landfall.


34 posted on 09/29/2005 10:11:38 PM PDT by Excuse_Me (How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws and kings can cause or cure. --S.J.)
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To: Excuse_Me
I beg to disagree with your time line.

Federal officials have referred to the levee (another case of mistaken identity, but I digress) breaches as a separate and much later event from the flooding to the east, and said that they were unaware of the gravity of the problem until Tuesday, Aug. 30, suggesting valuable response time was lost.

Read the whole article.
36 posted on 09/29/2005 10:29:44 PM PDT by sefarkas (why vote Democrat-lite???)
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