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HomeNewsGeologic HazardsNew Orleans Repeats Deadly Levee Blunders

New Orleans Repeats Deadly Levee Blunders

August 25, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on New Orleans Repeats Deadly Levee Blunders

 

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The US Army Corps of Engineers has issued a report that indicates the eastern portion of the levee system that protects Bernard Parrish will need to be raised by 11-ft to 29-ft to protect against the 100-year hurricane. Levees along Lake Pontchartrain were designed in the 1960s for what was then considered to be 200-yr and 300-yr hurricanes. Now they are judged sufficient for the 100-yr event. More at NOLA.COM.

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