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Wed Aug-31-05 12:59 PM
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| How much water poured over the levees? THIS MUCH ====> |
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It has been reported that the level of Lake Pontchartrain has dropped 2 feet. The lake is 630 square miles in area.
That means that 35,126,784,000 cubic feet of water have flooded into the city.
:wow:
for a comparison...
if the BOTH of the towers of the former WTC in NYC were hollow and filled with water they would hold 136,800,000 cu ft. So it would take 514 towers full of water to equal what has been dumped over those levees.
:wow:
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:00 PM
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:15 PM
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I may have to move... I'd be flooded in any hurricane, but a Cat 3 would probably wipe me out http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=169x4268 |
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:34 PM
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I don't live that far from you...
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:35 PM
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| 4. Riverside as in Southampton/Riverhead or Queens? |
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Wed Aug-31-05 01:36 PM
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 01:38 PM by Kathleen04
CA home (Riverside), but I'm a student at Hofstra in Hempstead and I live on campus about 10+ months out of the year.
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Hofstra should be high enough to stay dry... a Cat 4 would just about reach the Southern State Pky
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