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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (3320)9/5/2005 3:00:42 AM
From: geode00  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 26021
 
I heard it's not actually a levee (earthen mound thingy) but the 2 foot thick (not very thick) concrete walls that buckled under the pressure of water running over them.

I think I hear lots of parsing and word smithing going on in the future.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (3320)9/5/2005 7:32:13 PM
From: John Vosilla  Respond to of 26021
 
"If Brown or Chertoff read this thread or the Times-Picayune, they woulda known more than they claimed."

They also should have been ready on Saturday the 27th after reading this board or listening to Joe B on FOX who was calling for potential devastation as highly likely. I guess too many were assuming 125mph while turning far enough away from New Orleans to do any real damage

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