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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (135740)	8/31/2005 1:05:48 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

I did read it. I don't disagree with anything in it. I think it's a great piece. But what's going on in New Orleans right now is that some of the levees on Lake Pontchartrain have failed, and the others were too low. Also, the pumps were mostly designed to pump into Lake Pontchartrain, not the Mississippi River, and when the lake is full, they can't work.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (135740)	8/31/2005 1:14:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Look, it will all become much clearer if you take a look at where the 17th St. Canal intersects with Lake Pontchartrain. Do you have Google Earth on your computer? If so, input this: University of New Orleans Lakefront Then, pan to your left, and you can see the canals that drain New Orleans and Jefferson Parish. About the third to your left is the one that failed, 17th St./Orpheum. Edit: make that fourth. If you pull back, it says Metairie Outfall Canal in blue.