I know people want to dump the blame on the corps, and that's fine with us, but there were a lot of design features we wanted on those canals that were ultimately accepted by sponsors.
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There's a whole bunch of lessons to be learned about the actual physical construction of this system. Do we even need canals Why not just build 20-foot-wide pipelines to the lake to act as conduits for storm water
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It is gone. It is literally leveled in places. The power of the surge in this storm was greatly underestimated.
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Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 days in the areas that have 20 feet of water. And we know we don't have perfect conditions. It rains an hour nearly every afternoon.
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There's still a significant amount of the city under water.
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