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Louisiana flooding is the country’s ‘worst natural disaster’ since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross says
Washington Post ^
| August 17
| Emma Brown, Ashley Cusick and Mark Berman
Posted on 08/19/2016 7:26:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night shall stay Our Glorious Leader from the swift completion of his appointed rounds of golf.
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posted on
08/19/2016 7:41:28 AM PDT
by
kennedy
(No relation to those other Kennedys.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
I take that as a rhetorical question be we all know that The One can do no wrong.
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posted on
08/19/2016 7:42:16 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
To: Will88
From what I understand- LSU campus is fine even though they are on the other side of the Mississippi River levee.
To: BenLurkin
To: All
CBS news this morning said people were voicing concern about Obama not going to LA...They then said in one little sentence that Trump was going to “visit”....
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posted on
08/19/2016 7:47:21 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2016 7:49:30 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: realcleanguy
Katrina was a governmental power grab on EVERY level. When things go off the rails, government’s natural reaction is panic and crackdown on freedom.
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posted on
08/19/2016 7:58:07 AM PDT
by
Romulus
To: BenLurkin
It appears that the Global Warming alarmists are sitting this one out, as not to shed bad light on Obama’s inaction.
To: null and void
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:01:00 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: Repealthe17thAmendment
Good point!
(They’ll bring it up in a few years, after the LIVs will have forgotten Obama’s non-role completely.)
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:01:53 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Perhaps folks should not live in a city below sea level, which holds back the gulf waters by constructing series of earthen dikes?
If you live in the desert, you don’t get to bitch about lack of water.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:05:37 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
I’m not in the area, but am pretty sure this flooding is well above sea level.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:08:57 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:10:44 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
The FEDS (FEMA) and local Emergency Preparedness still haven't learned since ‘Katrina’ , use the DUKWs!
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:10:47 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said? was let used as the NM reporter car)
To: GraceG
Guess we all were thinking the same thing.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:11:11 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
Don't worry Sean Penn will save the day....
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:12:58 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
![](http://www.militarytrader.com/wp-content/uploads/DUKW-David-Welch.jpg)
Though hardly sleek or stylish, the hull of this truck was designed by famed yacht designer and 1937 Americas Cup winner Roderick Stephens. The automotive components were developed by GMC, based on its 2 1/2-ton, 6×6 model CCKW cargo truck. Though ungainly looking, the DUKW was outstandingly seaworthy. Though envisioned as a means to transport equipment and men from ship onto the shore, and some distance beyond, they were also used inland, notably during the crossing of the Rhine.
The DUKW was standardized in October 1942, and production began immediately at the Yellow Coach plant in Pontiac, Mich., which was also home to CCKW production.
Despite its successful demonstrations and tests, the DUKW was not fully appreciated by many in the military until after its successful use during the invasion of Sicily. After that, the DUKWs place in history was sealed.
Demand for the DUKW became so great that a second production facility had to be added, this one at the Chevrolet plant in St. Louis, Mo. Production totaled 21,147 vehicles by the time production ceased at wars end.
The name DUKW is an acronym resulting from GMC model code: D indicates 1942 model year design, U is utility truck, amphibious, K for all-wheel drive, W for tandem rear axles.
Because of its unique abilities, the U.S. military did not phase the DUKW out of service until the 1960s.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:18:16 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said? was let used as the NM reporter car)
To: Married with Children; PAR35; mothball
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like the campus is on higher ground, or protected by a levee. Kept listening for some news about whether the campus was also flooded.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:20:32 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: BenLurkin
Im not in the area, but am pretty sure this flooding is well above sea level. You are correct, but not in the "well above" part. BR is 17' above sea level but being as far inland as it is, it is remarkably flat. The Mississippi meanders there and has flooded the city several times, the worst of which was 1972 but roughly every 10 years it does so again, but its frequency is increasing, reducing that pattern to every 3-5 years. The State officials could open the Morganza spillway but have only done so a couple of times.
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:26:01 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: All
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posted on
08/19/2016 8:28:40 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said? was let used as the NM reporter car)
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