Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Mon Sep 01 2008 03:40 PM
Re: Gustav Approaching Louisiana, Hanna Slowly Drifting Westward

I don't mean to be an alarmist, but...
One thing CNN keeps saying is that the levees have not been breached like they were in Katrina.
Didn't the levee breaches in Katrina occur 24 hours after landfall, though, from rising waters as the storm passed north of the city? Or am I remembering it wrong? I remember the news folks saying during Katrina the same thing they are now saying - that the levees were not being breached - and then the next day, the reality of the situation becoming apparent. So, saying that the levees are holding now does not mean much, does it?


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