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To: Ron who wrote (21173)	8/30/2021 1:55:23 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By Road Walker Triffin Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26061

"The New Orleans-area storm defenses built in the years after Hurricane Katrina have held up well so far" Yes, indeed, at least until the next one. I'm not gonna look for how Katrina was described at the time, but I'll bet it wasn't as a 16 year storm event. I heard some talk about the pumps not working cuz of the blackout, and I was thinking, "WTF would put in pumps without backup power?" Then an ACE spokesman was interviewed, and he said every one of their pumps had back-up generators and fuel. IIRC, another problem right after Katrina was a lack of Guard troops and high water vehicles, cuz they were in Iraq.