You could have done it in one year. The breach that occurred in one corner of the city basically spread throughout the whole city. Why Why allow the water to move through the whole thing, including the French Quarter that was miles and miles away.
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It looks to have been laterally pushed, not scoured in back with dirt being removed in pieces. You can see levee material, some distance pushed inside the floodwall area, like a bulldozer pushed it.Joseph Suhayda
But look at the alternative. You could have an entire city devastated, 20 billion dollars of damage. Or you could contain the problem, make it manageable.
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