It is estimated to be 9 weeks to pump the water out, who ever decided to build a city with a low point of 18 feet and a high point of 6 feet under sea level was pretty stupid.

It was the French..  

...seriously.  It was.

but did they know?

Quote (Mr. B @ Aug. 30 2005, 3:17 pm)

...well I doubt there is going to be much 'work' for most citizens for quite some time.  It will probably be well over a month before New Orleans is again suitable for human habitation.

I meant clean-up and rebuilding work; pumping out water, setting up sandbags, laying new water lines gas lines sewerlines. Building houses, hospitals. Medicine and food shipments. All that fun stuff.

Quote (Peaceable Frood @ Aug. 30 2005, 10:33 pm)

It is estimated to be 9 weeks to pump the water out, who ever decided to build a city with a low point of 18 feet and a high point of 6 feet under sea level was pretty stupid.

I am not sure it was at first, but I do know it is sinking year by year.

There was a National Geographic several months back that had an article about New Orleans and how bad a big hurricane would be.

We had a real bad storm here at uni last night, but no were near the levels of New orleans.

Mr. B, I'm very glad you and yours are ok.

The city looks absolutely devastated.  Having lived through 3 hurricanes (and almost 4) through a 3-4 week period, I thought I knew what the city was in store for.  I did NOT expect this level of destruction.  I saw an oil derrick that had been pulled inland from the gulf.  Amazing.  The city's infrastructure seems to have been totally destroyed.  I guess the floodwaters stemming from the leveee have mixed with gasoline from abandoned cares and become a very dangerous liquid.  I saw 2 fires in the city this afternoon.  My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the city.  I can't imagine what the rebuilding plan will be like.  I can only hope these events help protect the city against this type of disaster in the future.  

I've wanted to visit the city for some time, but have not gotten the chance to.  I would like to visit the D-Day museum someday.

Quote (Corran Horn @ Aug. 31 2005, 12:47 am)

I saw an oil derrick that had been pulled inland from the gulf.  Amazing.

Are you sure that's not the 'floatel' (floating hotel) that was docked in a nearby shipyard?

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Quote (Corran Horn @ Aug. 31 2005, 12:47 am) I saw an oil derrick that had been pulled inland from the gulf.  Amazing.   Are you sure that's not the 'floatel' (floating hotel) that was docked in a nearby shipyard?

No, I've seen two derricks...one that had hit a bridge somewhere and gotten lodged beneath it, another that was was right on the coast of one of the perimeter islands in Alabama, I believe.