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On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:36:24 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:40:32 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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The wetlands had absolutely NOTHING to do with it. The water came from
Lake Pontchartrain, a direct connection to the Gulf.
Those were the levees that failed. Have you ever been to New Orleans
or seen a map of the area. The places that flooded were on the lake
and the industrial canal.

It's a pretty well-known fact that the wetlands surrounding the entire
area
have been degraded to the point that they're no long viable to dampen
storm
surge. Sure. The water came from the lake. Where do you think the water
in
the lake came from on that fateful occasion?

Look at a map. Then learn a little about the Coriolis effect and low
pressure systems.

Ponchartrain is north of New Orleans, the wetlands are south. If you
look at your map, look at the path of the storm, east of New Orleans
and understand the wind circles counter clockwise around a low you see
the water circling around the peninsula and into the inlet that feeds
Ponchartrain. The lake level rose and overtopped the levees north of
the city along with the industria canal that goes south from the lake
and that was the area where the flooding started. Once it started, the
bowl simply filled up.






Who supplies the dirt, money, etc.?

The same people who underwrite their flood insurance You and Me

BTW nobody would supply my dirt if I had to rebuild my house under the
same circumstances and I would be doing it at the point of a
government gun.

The gun is owned by you and I. If you don't like it, vote for another
Congressman or Senator.

I do and it doesn't change. I can never fight the billion dollars fat
cats pump into our political system every year.


The community Judy built required over 4 feet of dirt to be brought
in
over the whole development, just for the road surface height and the
houses were 3 feet above that on a stem wall.

The rich (certainly better off) community...

If you were poor you would have to follow the same laws, everywhere
but NOLA

You know that's not the case. There are almost always differences in regs
and enforcement, depending upon the situation/location.

I don't know of anywhere else where the FEMA elevation rules do not
apply. It certainly is not being ignored in Florida. We have written
it into our building codes.
I wonder how these people can get a mortgage without flood insurance
and how is FEMA writing insurance on a home that was rebuilt below sea
level?



Assuming the facts are correct, it was the storm surge that caused the
levee damage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects...in_New_Orleans




The disaster had major implications for a large segment of the population,
economy, and politics of the entire United States. It has prompted a
Congressional review of the Corps of Engineers and the failure of portions
of the federally built flood protection system which experts agree should
have protected the city's inhabitants from Katrina's surge.

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