The Weather Channel just reported that the levee along the industrial canal in New Orleans has a 35 to 40-foot breach. There are other small breaches already.
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AP is reporting:Water poured over a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city’s lowest-lying neighborhoods and heightening fears that Hurricane Rita would re-flood this devastated city. “Our worst fears came true. The levee will breach if we keep on the path we are on right now, which will fill the area that was flooded earlier,” Barry Guidry with the Georgia National Guard. Dozens of blocks in the Ninth Ward were under water as a waterfall at least 30 feet wide poured over a dike that had been used to patch breaks in the Industrial Canal. On the street that runs parallel to the canal, the water ran waist-deep and was rising fast.
#134494 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Sep 23 2005
What are the weather reports for Jackson? Rita may just be east enough when she comes in to send you guys bad stuff. I truly hope not. I am so tired of hurricanes hurting my family, friends and favorite cities.
#134495 | Author: Melissa | Date: Sep 23 2005
Where’s Pat Robertson’s hurricane-deflecting prayers when you need ’em?
#134496 | Author: Rex | Date: Sep 23 2005
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