A key function of those overlapping communications grids will be to monitor water levels, making sure they don't exceed the "safe" level established for each channel: a maximum 6 feet of surge at the 17th Street Canal, 4 feet at London and 8 feet at Orleans.Probably because I believe Matt McBride over the ACoE. What's Matt got to hide?
Depth is a critical consideration. Flow rate is another. When the gates are closed, the huge pumps nearer the city's heart must not outpace the smaller temporary pumps the corps is installing to move water from the canal mouths out into Lake Pontchartrain. The canal floodwalls might not tolerate the pressure of water churning for hours on end, engineers said. (emphasis mine)
Time to start coasting
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As hurricane season kicks into high gear, and the future of emergency
response hangs in doubt, let's check in on Jeff Landry's levee board.
Gov. Jeff La...
15 hours ago
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