levees

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vulgarweed: Absolutely bloody terrifying: a PSA
Absentia Vulgarweed (vulgarweed)
to 215. It might bring up to 30-foot storm surges. That will overwhelm the levees and sea walls built to protect places that are at or below sea level. ...
panther7: New Orleans, I Never Knew Ye
Panther (panther7)
if the flooding is serious enough, to get the water out short of blowing up the levees... O.O I've never seen language like this in a NOAA report before: http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz062 Worse, Poppy Z. Brite ...
entice4free: If its the first time, do it tonite please
entice4free (entice4free)
have been made of tens of thousands of deaths from flooding that could overrun the levees and turn New Orleans into a 30-foot-deep toxic lake filled with chemicals and petroleum ...
lapartera: New Orleans -- Katrina
La Partera (lapartera)
didn't go. While the city didn't fare as badly as they had feared (the levees held the water out!), things seem to be in major disarray. I've followed ...
vagabondcari: The end of New Orleans?
Slack Mastah C (vagabondcari)
hopes up too soon. The hurricane passed by to the east, but it appears the levees are breaking now. That pretty much spells doom for the city. It looks like ...
kitkate7: Pulling Head Out Of...Wherever...
Kate (kitkate7)
for south-living people. (Orwell, how I love you.) Houses destroyed by storm surge. Levees broken. Bodies floating down the "streets" of New Orleans. People who have never...
mouse870: Hurricane Katrina
Mouse (mouse870)
over 8000 refugees .... the worst was yet to come!!! Apparently this morning one of the levees broke on the 17th St. canal that runs through New Orleans between lake Ponchantrain ...
the_taintedlove: crazy katrina
the_taintedlove (the_taintedlove)
in New Orleans is just getting worse and worse as the hours go by, as levees break and more water floods the city, as more looting and rioting occurs, as ...
komakin0
anachronistic and impulsive (komakin0)
in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case that ...
cheryce: NORLINS IS DROWNING :O
cheryce (cheryce)
pour citizen of New Orleans? It's all bad and the news ain't get better!!! levees are broken and will break even more..the city is in water and will be ...
leshy69: WHERE IS OUR ALMIGHTY????
leshy69 (leshy69)
even begun tallying the dead -- there hasn't been time. With waters rising from broken levees, all efforts have been focused on rescuing survivors. Those survivors are facing dire conditions -- ...
eternalresonan
ne-moro ( Joey ) (eternalresonan)
every developer, county commissioner, mayor, and state rep of Louisiana's flooded areas between the levees of the past ten years are finding it hard to sleep at night. They all...
ariedana: Just another Katrina story, but with Nashville ties
Useless News Network (ariedana)
s 80-year-old parents live right beside the 18th Steet Canal, which was one of the levees that broke. They were unable to evacaute on Sunday (they planned to ride out ...
tully01: AFTERMATH
Tully (tully01)
greatly appreciated. The waters are NOT going down in New Orleans. At least two of the levees on Lake Pontchartrain have breached, and water in the city continues to rise. Some ...
tree_ish: the scoop on southern Louisiana hydrogeology
tree_ish (tree_ish)
conditions of southern Lousiana with regard to the River, storms, wetlands loss, sinking land, levees, floods, etc. Since I worked for the US Geological Survey's Water Resources Division for...
sharkipede: a few good things
sharkipede (sharkipede)
levees. Also, I wasn't rescued from my roof by a Coast Guard helicopter dangling a...
ionapsycosis: Pray for New Orleans and Mississippi
ionapsycosis (ionapsycosis)
the city needs to be evacuated as a result of rising waters due to two levees breaking. I cannot even begin to imagine the terror or panic those poor people......
asheris: "No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming" By Sidney Blumenthal
asheris (asheris)
Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, in which the Corps of Engineers strengthened and renovated levees and pumping stations. In early 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a report ...
richgoth: New Orleans Warned of Worst...
dispater (richgoth)
ood that New Orleans would ultimately be flooded by even a relatively mild hurricane once levees were breached. The series made the case for significant expenditures and a shift in ...
beckyzoole: Newspeak
Becky (beckyzoole)
this morning, George W. Bush said "I don't think anybody anticipated a breach in the levees". Funny, FEMA did just that: "No one can say they didn't see it coming" In early 2001, ...
stagnant: a few thoughts.
~hr (stagnant)
living, breathing person. This catastrophe could have been diverted, he cut funding for the levees leaving a whole city in danger. story, where was "homeland security" then? To make matters ...
kinbote: What we talk about when we talk about levees
Kinbote (kinbote)
that got me thinking: The Army Corps of Engineers has released this statement: Q. Why did the levees fail? A. What failed were actually floodwalls, not levees. This was caused by overtopping ...
shambalayogi: Gas increases, some stations coming up short and NOLA
shambalayogi (shambalayogi)
one big f******up mess! Most under 10-20 feet of water from hurricane Katrina and broken levees .........:( :( :( Emergency service and National Guard not in Iraq hopefully will stabilize ...
goddess_humane: From Hal Sparks's Myspace blog... good stuff
What is this but my reflection? (goddess_humane)
raq, and I suppose that’s the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can’t be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case ...
katuah
red_leaf_dancer (katuah)
Faces Bleak Future Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls For "Occupant" Why the Levees Broke Lessons Katrina Is Teaching Us Pompeii on Ole Miss: Facing Katrina's Toll, Fully Leisurely Bush, Bumbling ...
downix: RANT!
downix (downix)
for the catastrophie. His response? "Well, no one could have anticipated a breach in the levees." That really riled my goat, and wanna know why? Because Bush cut the funding for the ...
creedman21: Chaos Continuum, Part One...
eD (creedman21)
esent, would have provided a buffer between the ocean and the city) have caused the levees protecting the city to be breached... Because of this, the water level in New ...
muyalto75: A toast
Mikey D (muyalto75)
d as saying to Diane Sawyer "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees", despite at least one (and there have been many) reports that this was a ...
discw: cricket
DiscW. Or Sean. (discw)
raq, and I suppose that's the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case ...
red_claws: This just in:
Dante "Phlegethon" Abbey (red_claws)
to deal with, more or less. I've been reading about slashed funding on the levees and the Mississippi projects, something that everyone has known was a sword of Damocles ...
iuarion: Political rant warning
Alex (iuarion)
dramatically reduced had we not reappropriated funds from the local engineer firms to re-make the levees.  I actually read it on CNN, then I went to their message board, and the......
dragonstarlin: Something new to look at.
DS (dragonstarlin)
the saving measures to prevent this type of disaster (saving the wet lands, reinforcing the levees, etc) go to the following. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/1/132822/4063 (Thanks to Saeculorum) This is why you don't want idiots RUNNING ...
mmcnealy: Civil Engingeering article
Marion (mmcnealy)
ENGINEERING MAGAZINE, June 2003, The Creeping Storm An interesting article about the history of the levees around New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers, and hurricain planning. Quote: According to Naomi, ...
porphyriastar
kat-tat-tat... (porphyriastar)
me. so you should read them Friends:      As I feared the the first day the levees broke, Hurricane Katrina will turn out to be the worst environmental catastrophe in modern ...
deathcube9: United States of Shame
deathcube9 (deathcube9)
wasn't dry. Bye, bye, American lives. "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," he told Diane Sawyer. Shirt-sleeves rolled up, W. finally landed in Hell yesterday and chuckled ...
karasone: I heart kanye West
karasone (karasone)
through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans. Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps ...
ianpointer: "It doesn’t hurt me / Do you want to feel how it feels?"
Ian Pointer (ianpointer)
straight face that nobody anticipated that the hurricane would lead to the collapse of the levees. I'm not helping anybody by just venting anger at emotionless photons. So tomorrow I'm ...
darkmeanie: Spending the levee money on the Iraq war?
darkmeanie (darkmeanie)
was built four feet below specification due to the budget cuts. The reason the levees have failed is that the water has lapped over the top, eroding the back of...
belovdrock: When the Levee Breaks...
Sam (belovdrock)
was doomed. So, what did we clever americans do to help these people? "The famous levees that were breached could have been strengthened and raised at what now seems like ...
waychel: Katrina
Rachel Breguglio (waychel)
"blame" on the Bush administration. There were no definitive plans as to how the levees should be repaired and as is usually the case in situations such as these, f...
sadboyq: From the Huston Chronicle
Sausserian Paradox Boy (sadboyq)
company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.......
chutzpaninchi: Times-Picayune suddenly dislikes States Rights
chutzpaninchi (chutzpaninchi)
by the recently ended Renquist Supreme Court was entirely predictable; almost as predictable as the Levees failing during a category 5 hurricane. The Times-Picayune newspaper should remember that they endorsed this ...
gingie1223
gingie1223 (gingie1223)
of them could have been prevented. It has been known for many years that the levees that are meant to keep flood water from engulfing......
frankblourtango
FrankBlourtango (frankblourtango)
a hurricane strike on New Orleans. "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." --President Bush on ABC's Good Morning America, Sept. 1, 2005......
exgypsy
mark (exgypsy)
Katrina hit. Looks like all the pumps are now working, and one of the levees is fixed. If the pumping continues at this rate, then the water should ...
nowritinghere: Investigations...
Crystal (nowritinghere)
Tuesday to open separate investigations into the federal response to Katrina and New Orleans’ broken levees. “Governments at all levels failed,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.......
revdolphin
revdolphin (revdolphin)
built below sea level. For years, officials requested government funding to strengthen the levees. For years they were denied. Now, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina a levee...
therealcorytd: THEY ARE REFUGEES
Cory D. (therealcorytd)
hurricanes named Katrina come in and put so much water in that it breaks the levees." But that doesn't mean that it isn't as equally true then. They fled their ...
vol_mercurius: Why is it all FEMA's fault?
vol_mercurius (vol_mercurius)
Emergency Preparedness?  I can understand, to a degree, that the inability of New Orlean's levees to withstand the hurricane might have slipped by FEMA...they are, by definition, a federal ...
proudduckling: Stolen, as usual, from
Darth Duckling (proudduckling)
Katrina And Its Aftermath Link From Daniel Kurtzman, 1)"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." –President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from...
treptoplax: nobody ever learns anything, part 562457245744
treptoplax (treptoplax)
would have produced an assessment of the (probably lousy) state of the most critical levees. Not actually do anything about them, mind you, but just figure out how screwed...
elisesletter: Blaaaaaah
Eve Juras Burkhead (elisesletter)
about Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath 1) "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." –President Bush, on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings ...
patriciart: Recipe for Disaster (from KOS)
patriciart (patriciart)
of racism and inequality, while defunding basic infrastructure. Ignore repeated calls to reinforce protective levees. Let sit until conditions ripen. Separate out 40% of the Louisiana National Guard and 1/2...
halloweely: My New Favorite Show
Mary (halloweely)
all about what would happen if a hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and the levees broke in New Orleans and all the poor people were left to die of ...
dawnsenchanted: Rant on Bush's speach
dawnsenchanted (dawnsenchanted)
are saying that the task of making the city "like it was" only with better levees is impossible. It will take years of redesigning, refortifying, and rebuilding the city FROM ...
mirhanda: New Orleans Levees
mirhanda (mirhanda)
levees may have just been breeched. I sure hope this turns out to be a...
hoover1287: Wow.
Jeff (hoover1287)
levees in New Orleans and the surrounding areas broke again. Everything's flooded again. A bus carrying...
krischeena: Rita is a comin'
Kristina (krischeena)
the storm, which is the worst for rain. I was reading about New Orleans levees over flowing, which sucks really bad. I just wish this hurricane season would ...
angelstarrbryte: Ever get the feeling...
Cyndi (angelstarrbryte)
starting preparing to rebuild! and then comes Hurricane Rita, not a direct hit on NO, but levees are not holding and flooding is starting......
niveus_tigris: I keep staring blankly at my journal...
niveus_tigris (niveus_tigris)
who called the Army Corps of Engineers and told them how they could patch the levees in New Orleans. Yes, I still......
cyber_timmy: Did the government flood New Orleans to destroy black housing?
cyber_timmy (cyber_timmy)
people in New Orleans believe that the government sent frogmen to blow up the levees. I thought this was kind of funny so looking through a news search on...
bitterpoetry
Bitter Poetry (bitterpoetry)
levees is complete nonsense. How does bombing a levee do anything for the evil Bush?...
anarchist_no
anarchy in new orleans (anarchist_no)
designed to prevent water entry broke, it was not a flood. They're likening the levees breaking to a pipe breaking, and that's their loophole. Awesome.......
ironxveins: if it keeps on rainin the levee's going to break
ironxveins (ironxveins)
levees breaking in louisiana this song would play in my head. robert plant = dklfajklasdjf!! today...
scenedamaged: Episode 5.
scene damaged (scenedamaged)
of things. Saving orphans, cleaning the teeth of homeless people, curing AIDS, rebuilding the levees in New Orleans, recording Eastenders. That sort of thing. Why? K: We're one person short ...
queenofcorona: mountain passes.
EMMA. (queenofcorona)
Adding knowledge to a base I thought was fairly solid. Learning that - like broken levees and their disastrous results - shaky bases can sometimes cause hurt but not without ...
f1607alcon: boosted beneficiaries
f1607alcon (f1607alcon)
poker hand rankings video strip poker formality free poker games online levees free online texas hold em games sayings books omaha hi lo poker...
sweetsoup: Katrina connection
sweetsoup (sweetsoup)
we had been evacuated (there were 13 of us stuck there from the meeting). The levees broke on Tuesday morning and we escaped by God's hand 25 minutes before our ...
nepenth: why do we always seem so surprised at this point?
nepenth (nepenth)
levees," Mr. Bush said in a television interview on Sept. 1. "Now we're having to deal...
pkrfan97: Bush caught in a lie #1592382
pkrfan97 (pkrfan97)
in New Orleans to be breached. "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," Mr. Bush said in a television interview on Sept. 1. "Now we're having to deal...
wookieinspace: Lets see how you get out of this one, Mr Mayor!
Wookie In Space (wookieinspace)
be. ... This city will be chocolate at the end of the day." And the levees broke, and......
azad_slide
The old world is behind you... (azad_slide)
security, which oversees Fema, had been made aware early on that a breach in the levees had left 80% of the city under water. In......
best1966: Row rages over Katrina response
best1966 (best1966)
levees were breached in New Orleans earlier than admitted.......
thedctr: The hits just keep on coming...
justPrefect (thedctr)
committee, says the Bush administration was informed on the day Hurricane Katrina hit that the levees had been breached, even though the president and other top administration officials earlier said ...
tina_jens: Dispatches from the Quarter - The Trip In
tina_jens (tina_jens)
shops on Bourbon Street. The shirts made it pretty clear what was on the Quarter's mind: Make Levees, Not War I Survived Hurricane Katrina Slammed I am! ......
georgia_ramos: Handbag Purse
georgia_ramos (georgia_ramos)
at 9.29pm on Monday, August 29, the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall and broke the levees protecting New Orleans, to John Wood, the chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary ...
aiobheil: Are You Angry, Yet?
Cairsten Yang Kuang Ning (aiobheil)
Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential ...
georgeliquor: No one could of known the levees were going to break!
georgeliquor (georgeliquor)
his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to c...
sydneycat: Video Shows Bush Was Warned Before Katrina
Sydneycat (sydneycat)
Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential ...
penguin42
Unnamed Stick Figure Guy (penguin42)
the crappy response, but I don't think it technically contradicts what Bush said about the levees. Bush said "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." Mayfield said "I don't ...
poets_hand: But we already knew this, didn't we?
poets_hand (poets_hand)
Bush and his homeland security chief *before* Hurricane Katrina struck that the strom could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome, and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential ...
woe_sis: regrets, anyone?
lily (woe_sis)
Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according......
fatty_mcstripes: what's one more presidential outrage/embarassment?
j-money (fatty_mcstripes)
land. The predictions he heard were shockingly precise and accurate—including the failure of the levees. He knew exactly what was coming. The article is a smoking gun on Bush's unpardonable failure...
iamgregray: follow up to yesterday
this is me (iamgregray)
Levees Were Safe O, O, we are the self important main stream media, let's beat this horse...
whitney_lakin: It can't rain all the time...
Penny Dreadful (whitney_lakin)
money coming from Washington, but I'm concerned. Basically, if we don't have Category 5 levees, or even Category 3 levees, our town is a sitting duck. I am living here...
galaxaure: People who live in White Houses....
Galaxaure (galaxaure)
by telling an interviewer that "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." Moreover, at the time of the conference the White House had no idea whether f...
palmdale_jamiso: Long Term Effects Of Anorexia Nervosa
palmdale_jamiso (palmdale_jamiso)
at 9.29pm on Monday, August 29, the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall and broke the levees protecting New Orleans, to John Wood, the chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary ...
newark_fleury: Reservation indian rugs
newark_fleury (newark_fleury)
at 9.29pm on Monday, August 29, the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall and broke the levees protecting New Orleans, to John Wood, the chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary ...