Comments on: Storm threat to New Orleans out of our control, says general: “we cannot stop levees being overtopped and the city flooded” http://aquafornia.com/archives/14114 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:48:00 -0800 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://aquafornia.com/archives/14114/comment-page-1#comment-23326 Matthew Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:44:09 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=14114#comment-23326 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. 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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