WWL - NOLA 17th Street Canal Pump is failing and will fail

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#21 Postby spinfan4eva » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:55 pm

And they are supposed to leave how??? Swim? :(
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#22 Postby simplykristi » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:59 pm

The pump at the 17th Street has now failed. The water will create a fishbowl. OMG There will be several feet of water in downtown and the French Quarter. This is soooo bad. I am listening to WWL-TV.

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#23 Postby Stephanie » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:03 pm

This is too much! :(
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#24 Postby therealashe » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:06 pm

Did the Mayor just say that they never attempted to place the 3000 pounds sandbags? Is that what I heard?
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#25 Postby blueeyes_austin » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:07 pm

Yes. That is what he said.
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#26 Postby ericinmia » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:09 pm

therealashe wrote:Did the Mayor just say that they never attempted to place the 3000 pounds sandbags? Is that what I heard?


But that they were never even placed.... :( they dropped the ball and didn't even attempt it.
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#27 Postby simplykristi » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:09 pm

Sad but true... The sandbags were not delivered. :(

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#28 Postby BigO » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:10 pm

Well, look at it like this, guys...it really can't get much worse than the worst case.

At sometime you just hit bottom and then you can't go anywhere but up.
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#29 Postby MomH » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:10 pm

I heard a discussion this afternoon that they had determined that sandbags wouldn't work. They were supposedly going to try filling cargo containers with sand and dirt and drop them. Looks like time ran out.
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#30 Postby PTrackerLA » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:15 pm

This is the worst case scenario occuring. I cannot believe this is happening. The whole city is going under :x :cry: .
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#31 Postby TT-SEA » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:23 pm

And I keep hearing in my mind Shepard Smith saying yesterday morning that the French Quarter had been spared and if you were planning to party in NO next weekend... it looks like the party is on!!

What a idiot.

Did anyone else hear him say that???
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#32 Postby JtSmarts » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:24 pm

Yeah, I heard that he really jumped the gun on this one.
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#33 Postby jasons2k » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:26 pm

TT-SEA wrote:And I keep hearing in my mind Shepard Smith saying yesterday morning that the French Quarter had been spared and if you were planning to party in NO next weekend... it looks like the party is on!!

What a idiot.

Did anyone else hear him say that???


Yes, I saw it yesterday too, and it has been playing over and over in my mind all day long as the waters rise.
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#34 Postby scostorms » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:27 pm

The mayor announced the pump has failed now.
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#35 Postby duris » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:37 pm

I heard the mayor said the qttempt to fix the levee failed which is different. live press conference on bqton rouge tv saying nothing about it.

doesn't really matter for me. I live on a high part of canal boulevard that was supposed to be relatively high in the worst case scenario. unfortunately, it didn't take into account a damn barge going thru the levee. so we are just waiting to see how bad it is.
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#36 Postby jasons2k » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:41 pm

I am hearing conflicting reports, NOLO.com says they are trucking in giant concrete barricades and more sandbags, MSNBC says they are sinking a grain barge to stop the flow of water from the lake into the canal. I dunno what to believe anymore.
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#37 Postby TT-SEA » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:51 pm

NOLA.com is now reporting that the levee fix has failed and 12-15 feet of water will flood into Jefferson and Orleans parishes.

The same on wwltv.com
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#38 Postby soonertwister » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:54 pm

Even if the sandbags were delivered, they wouldn't have made a difference. Any person who researches these things understands that sandbags are good for keeping enough water back to pump seepage from a levee, but useless to fix a break.
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#39 Postby soonertwister » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:55 pm

TT-SEA wrote:NOLA.com is now reporting that the levee fix has failed and 12-15 feet of water will flood into Jefferson and Orleans parishes.

The same on wwltv.com


That was reported at least two hours ago, maybe three.
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#40 Postby Brent » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:56 pm

This is a huge mess...
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