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To: carranza2 who wrote (135246)	8/30/2005 1:44:25 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793575

<<The canal is weirdly shaped, kinda like the bottom half of a pentagon. Barges would only slow the process.>> That's the idea. The smaller the flow the easier it will be to fix the levee, help to keep the fill from being washed away.

To: carranza2 who wrote (135246)	8/30/2005 1:50:26 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793575

I heard on the radio this morning it is not a levee that was breached but a concrete sea wall. The person being interviewed said they use the concrete walls when rights of way prevent the construction of a levee which requires a wider base. I know nothing about this, but would think that it will be harder to repair a breach in a concrete wall than it would a levy if you can't build out the width at the base of the repair.