Todd
(Weather Watcher)
Sun Aug 28 2005 07:50 PM
Re: more NO storm surge

LT Phil and others .. here is a link to a rather large pdf which explains the levee system and what can go really wrong here in NO Specifically what happened in Hurricane Betsy http://www.nola.com/hurricane/images/goingunder.pdf ..
It's 24 mgs

The smaller JPG http://www.nola.com/hurricane/popup/goingunder_jpg.html

Here is the JPG for the current levee system in place . their last line of defence

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/popup/nolalevees_jpg.html


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