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Storm threat to New Orleans out of our control, says general: “we cannot stop levees being overtopped and the city flooded”

Posted by: Maven on October 26, 2009 at 7:54 am

New-Orleans-after-Hurrica-001And while we’re on the subject of flooding, here’s some cheery news for New Orleans residents from the Guardian.co.uk:

“New Orleans can no longer be protected from hurricane storm surges, according to the US army general in charge of the city’s defences.

General Robert Van Antwerp, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, said his team was in “persistent conflict” with the Mississippi river.

“If you ask can I protect the city, the answer is no. Can I reduce the risk? Yes.

“We can develop better early warning systems, better evacuation plans, better levees to hold back most of the water, but we cannot stop levees being overtopped and the city flooded.” …”

Read more from the Guardian.co.uk by clicking here.

October 26, 2009 · Filed Under National water news

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One Response to “Storm threat to New Orleans out of our control, says general: “we cannot stop levees being overtopped and the city flooded””

  1. Matthew on October 29th, 2009 6:44 am

    He makes it sound that we have been protected at some point from storm surges. We have never been protected.

    The best protection we can get is the rebuilding of our marshes. To do this the corps needs to tear down the river levees below new Orleans and allow the Mississippi to naturally flood.

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