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Ghoulish Delight · 08-31-2005, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

I'm reading but not really comprehending. I cannot wrap my mind around it.

Go to MSNBC.com, click on the slideshow at the right side of the page, look at the second image and you'll see what's left (or not left) of the 90. It's unfathomable.

Gulfport Mississippi: This appears to be a large 3 story building in the middle of a 4 lane road.

scaeagles · 08-31-2005, 08:36 AM

I just heard on the news that the sand bag plan is not working. Apparently, they dumped lots of them there already, but the bags are just disappearing. The theory is that it isn't just the levee, but that the tremendous flow of water coming through has eroded a gigantic hole under where the levee used to be. They are not going to be able to plug it until there is someway to assess how much erosion there has been.

I think what we are looking at is a modern day "Grapes of Wrath". It will be several months - if not a year or more - until New Orleans is inhabitable again.

The plan now, as I understand it, is to build a temporary dam inside the lake that broke through the levee. This will stop the flow of water so they can pump out the flooding. Then the levee will have to be repaired. This process alone will take a couple months. After being submerged for a couple months, there will not be one structure that is salvagable. This means massive rebuilding, again taking months.

This time period means that the people that lived there will have to go somewhere else. How can you put your life on hold for a year? Kids need to go to school. Families need income. Families need shelter.

So they will migrate in all directions and settle elsewhere. I see no other alternative for those that lived in NO, and perhaps the same will apply to other communities.

Mind boggling and sobering. I watched the same news story that Wendybeth mentioned and it is amazing.

Scrooge McSam · 08-31-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Gulfport Mississippi: This appears to be a large 3 story building in the middle of a 4 lane road.

It's a law here that gambling establishments must be free floating. The casinos you hear about are built on large barges. All the supporting parking, lobby, meeting and hotel space is built landside, but all the gambling occurs on these barges, 4 or 5 stories tall. That building is a PIECE of one of those casinos. You'll see other pictures where the entire casino barge has been pushed to the other side of Hwy 90.

08-31-2005, 08:36 AM	#2
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I just heard on the news that the sand bag plan is not working. Apparently, they dumped lots of them there already, but the bags are just disappearing. The theory is that it isn't just the levee, but that the tremendous flow of water coming through has eroded a gigantic hole under where the levee used to be. They are not going to be able to plug it until there is someway to assess how much erosion there has been. I think what we are looking at is a modern day "Grapes of Wrath". It will be several months - if not a year or more - until New Orleans is inhabitable again. The plan now, as I understand it, is to build a temporary dam inside the lake that broke through the levee. This will stop the flow of water so they can pump out the flooding. Then the levee will have to be repaired. This process alone will take a couple months. After being submerged for a couple months, there will not be one structure that is salvagable. This means massive rebuilding, again taking months. This time period means that the people that lived there will have to go somewhere else. How can you put your life on hold for a year? Kids need to go to school. Families need income. Families need shelter. So they will migrate in all directions and settle elsewhere. I see no other alternative for those that lived in NO, and perhaps the same will apply to other communities. Mind boggling and sobering. I watched the same news story that Wendybeth mentioned and it is amazing.
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