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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe good news and the bad news re Isaac
The good news
#1 - rain - here endeth the drought - Ole man river should be laughing
#2 - jobs
#3 - ReTHUG dislocation
#4 Anti-government ReTHUGs begging for Federal money
The bad news
#1 serious flooding in Plaquemines Parish and expected in other parts of NOLA
#2 36 hours of rain anticipated in NOLA
#3 time it takes to rescue people given the non-stop rain
#4 over 400,000 folks without power so far
Let's go FEMA!!!
monmouth
(21,078 posts)in the western part of the county. No drainage or upgrades to the pump systems but plenty of money for stadiums and other shite..
malaise
(269,157 posts)These anti-government morons disgust me - socialism for the rich - lift your bootstraps for everyone else.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/29/hurricane-isaac-louisiana-levee-flood
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After making landfall on Tuesday night in extreme south-eastern Louisiana, Isaac remained stationary for several hours, unleashing 80mph winds on a sparsely populated neck of land that stretches into the Gulf of Mexico. Early on Wednesday it started moving towards New Orleans at around eight miles an hour exactly seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Floodwater has already lapped over an 18-mile (29km) stretch of the levee along the Mississippi river in Plaquemines Parish, south-east of the city, threatening serious flooding.
There were reports of four-to-nine feet of water in the streets, houses flooded and perilous attempts to flee. Sheriffs' deputies made house-to-house visits looking for residents who had remained after an evacuation order.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Our friends and relatives in the St.Louis area will be getting some rain this weekend!!
But that is a ton of rain for NOLA to absorb, best of luck to all affected and a speedy return of power.
malaise
(269,157 posts)That said - I'm worried for NOLA
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)This is a minor but long duration storm and it's already topped in places.
If/When they get smacked again with a CAT 3+ it's going to be another
MAJOR disaster.
I know alot of people don't want to hear it but New Orleans needs
to "move". I'm not sure what "moves" means but that city strikes me
as a deathtrap. Too many people and too many ways water can get in.
malaise
(269,157 posts)but I don't see NOLA surviving a Cat 3 - you're right.