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I have a friend who lives in NO and thank heavens evacuated, and he says even the locals all it "Bienville's Mistake". You can't protect a city built 6-8 feet below sea level forever. I used to inspect levee like structures and small earthen dams, and the worst case scenario is that once one goes the others get undercut and start to fail. If there is a 200 foot section missing somewhere I would expect a much larger failure is a possibility. This is going to be a catastrophe of monumental proportions for that area and a monetary disaster for all of us.

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What is your opinion about the helicopters dropping 3,000 pound sand bags on the levee...will it work/help?

[Spiff]

I have a friend who lives in NO and thank heavens evacuated, and he says even the locals all it "Bienville's Mistake". You can't protect a city built 6-8 feet below sea level forever. I used to inspect levee like structures and small earthen dams, and the worst case scenario is that once one goes the others get undercut and start to fail. If there is a 200 foot section missing somewhere I would expect a much larger failure is a possibility. This is going to be a catastrophe of monumental proportions for that area and a monetary disaster for all of us.

The Mississippi has a new course in that area and Lake Pontchartrain has a new sister lake called Lake New Orleans.