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Dave Cohen on September 23, 2005 - 10:10am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
According to this excellent NY Times graphic, New Orleans would receive about 3 to 5 inches of rain from this storm. That seems sufficient to break the fragile levee repairs and re-flood the city....
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Leanan on September 23, 2005 - 10:27am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
It's already happening.  CNN is reporting that water is washing in over the levees in the 9th ward.
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Dave Cohen on September 23, 2005 - 10:39am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Yes, the levee has been overtopped but has not broken. Now, NPR just interviewed an Army Corp of Engineers guy who says that the city can handle 6 to 8 inches of rain, which is just a bit more than the current forecast. Do we believe this?
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Leanan on September 23, 2005 - 10:53am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Water is "waist deep and rising fast."  

"Our worst fears came true," a National Guard official said. "The levee will breach if we keep on the path we are on right now."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438536/

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Khebab on September 23, 2005 - 2:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Live Data from a buoy in the lake pontchartrain is available here (takes about 30 sec. to load). The water level is 1 feet above normal.
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