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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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.Richard Wagenaar
It is gone. It is literally leveled in places. The power of the surge in this storm was greatly underestimated.
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It's so dependent on the weather.
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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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