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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:11 PM
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MSNBC -- another levee breach in NO
"small and under control" they say....
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:12 PM
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1. they got nothin' under control - not even themselves n/t
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:12 PM
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2. I bet the whole thing has been weakened from being saturated so long
Probably see more breaks as the water pressure on the city side disappears as it drains.

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KerryOn Donating Member (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:20 PM
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3. I thought that could be a pssibility....
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:34 PM
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4. Geez, nobody could ever have predicted a levee break! nt
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lindisfarne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 06:36 PM
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5. Some Dutch guy who is employed by LSU said on one of Sun mng news shows
Edited on Mon Sep-12-05 06:37 PM by lindisfarne
that all they need is a tropical storm now and the it could case a break - all they need is a lot of water to be dumped into the lake, which a tropical storm could do. The temporary fixes aren't all that strong.
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