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New Orleans and it's flood problem
Topic Started: Aug 11 2017, 08:37 AM (78 Views)
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency Thursday (Aug. 10) as a precautionary measure, in the event that the state has to help with flooding in New Orleans over the next few days.

"If we get the heavier expected rainfall, time will be of the essence," Edwards said at a press conference with Mayor Mitch Landrieu Thursday morning. "We are working well together. Obviously this is a serious situation, but it is not something to be panicked about."

The emergency declaration is retroactive. It runs from Aug. 5 -- when the first round of flooding started this past weekend -- to Sept. 3. The governor can terminate the order early if he wants.

Edwards and the state government are providing 14 2-megawatt generators to the city that will stay in New Orleans for the remainder of hurricane season. The Louisiana National Guard could also assist with flood respond if that becomes necessary. Landrieu has also declared a state of emergency in New Orleans, which allows city government to circumvent some regulations to respond more quickly to a disaster.

Early Thursday morning, Landrieu announced that the city lacks the backup power to run pumping stations west of the Industrial Canal that help prevent flooding on the east bank of New Orleans during rain events. The outage does not affect Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans East and Algiers, according to Landrieu.

Still, several parts of the city will be vulnerable to storms five days after widespread, damaging floods affected several neighborhoods. Many New Orleans residents are still recovering from that event that damaged vehicles, businesses and homes.

"We are currently running on our last backup power source," Landrieu said during the press conference. "If all the power from Entergy continues -- and we expect that it will -- we will be able to handle any typical rainfall."

Landrieu said he first called Edwards about the power outage at 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning. "Immediately, as he has always done, he pledged his continued and aggressive support," Landrieu said of Edwards.

The Sewerage and Water Board could restore power by the end of the day, the mayor said Thursday morning, but numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected Thursday afternoon.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/new_orleans_flood_emergency.html

....Landrieu how much is it costing to move confederate monuments, that money would have helped with your flood problem. Before Katrina, 7 or 8 were indicted over missing money from the levee, did you find the missing millions? BTW is "chocolate city" Ray Nagin still in prison? So many questions.
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From Wikipedia

On September 3, 2014, a judge deemed Nagin indigent and ordered the Federal Public Defender's Office to take over his appeal. Nagin said he was near penniless and relying on food stamps. Nagin reported to the Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana, a prison camp, on September 8, 2014. Nagin, Bureau of Prisons (BOP) #32751-034, is presently incarcerated at this facility. His earliest possible release date is May 25, 2023.


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I find it hard to believe Nagin is broke. Has the government looked for offshore accounts? Kwame Kilpatrick is claiming he's broke also. I don't believe either one of them.
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Very doubtful either one of them is broke.
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Someone years ago posted that being broke for the wealthy is not the same as for everyone else. It came up during the Kennith Lay mess. His old lady was on tv poor mouthing that they could just lose everything, yet he was getting a 25 million dollar severance package from Enron. His fraud sentence was vacated when he died 3 months before sentencing. I believe he is still alive and that was a cover up
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It was a stupid idea to build NOLA where they built it. Flooding has been a serious problem for that town since it was a tiny village in the 18th century. You'd think at some point someone would have said "you know I think we need to pull up stakes while we still can and move farther inland".
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There wouldn't be a N. O. if it took a direct hit from a category 4 or 5 hurricane. After Katrina all the people should have been moved out, filled with water and had lake N. O.. Too much politics involved, now they have an international airport with direct flight to Berlin. How many illegals are being shipped in via that route? Catholic Charities helps them get situated. Not in N. O. of course, Baton Rouge and parts unknown?
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