Idea!! Maybe will stop the water???

[chrisnnavarre]

Well in the hopes that some politician or NOLA official will read this... here goes...

the most immediate aid would be to stop that two block hole in the 17th street canal levy.

I remember when I was stationed with the Navy in Italy. Mt. Etna errupted and the Italian's asked our military to provide those really big MH53 Helicopters in order to drop some concrete barriers to stop the lava flow down the mountain. It worked to some extent and a few of those small villages where saved.

Maybe something like this could be done to stop the leak and plug the levy...

Just an idea...

Of course if it doesn't work I guess the first aid will be to start dropping life jackets into downtown New Orleans rather than to provide air conditioning.

[Viper452]

The water is to powerful to stop at this point.

[chrisnnavarre]

dropping those big concrete barriers right in front of a hot lava flow stopped and diverted them.

I'm sure something like this dropped right in the hole would stop that water...

for a two block radius it may take several of those MH53s a few trips but it just might slow it enough in order to patch the damage....

[milankovitch]

If the level of the water in the French Quarter is 5 feet (as I've heard) and rising I surmise the flood level in the city is above sea level. We have to wait until flood levels drop to sea level I guess.... then we can repair the levees....and then we can begin pumping out those areas below sea level. As for droping conctrete blocks I think that could further damage the levees and would have to be cleared out before repairing the levee, seems like more harm then good.

[gtalum]

dropping those big concrete barriers right in front of a hot lava flow stopped and diverted them.

I'm sure something like this dropped right in the hole would stop that water...

for a two block radius it may take several of those MH53s a few trips but it just might slow it enough in order to patch the damage....

Hot lava is different than water. Slowing hot lava down forces it to cool, and block the rest of the hot lava behind it.

Water cannot be stopped in the same way, because it won't cool and solidify like lava. NOLA will flood until the water inside is at the level of the water outside.

[scostorms]

I am pretty sure, if Lake Ponchartrain doesn't flow into NO, then nature could be disrupted. Essentially, it is doing what would have happened in the first place. Not allowing this water to flow in could cause a devastating effect on the lake and surrounding area's including NO.

[JamesFromMaine2]

how do you repair the levee when even at sea level it would still be underwater for the most part?

[chrisnnavarre]

Well if you wait until the level of the water inside NOLO is equal to the level outside then there won't be a NOLA. It will need to be renamed Atlantis.

I've seen people drop material into broken levies along the Miss. River during water rises and it has sometimes worked. If you know exactly the point of the breach.

[gtalum]

Well if you wait until the level of the water inside NOLO is equal to the level outside then there won't be a NOLA. It will need to be renamed Atlantis.

I didn't say I wanted it that way. But that's what's going to happen.

[chrisnnavarre]

I am pretty sure, if Lake Ponchartrain doesn't flow into NO, then nature could be disrupted. Essentially, it is doing what would have happened in the first place. Not allowing this water to flow in could cause a devastating effect on the lake and surrounding area's including NO.

I think nature was disrupted when they built NOLA and Venice, Italy. So I wouldn't worry about any futher disruption problems now.