Registered: Dec 2003
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The attempt to fix the 17th st cannal failed.
In turn they are shutting down that pump or rather the flood has shut down that pump.
12 - 15 feet of water expected.
If anyone needs a place to stay I have family in Panama City that has offered to help.
I am in Gainesville, Florida and I can take 2 or 3 people.

Craig

IP: 70.171.4.102

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Hogsmeade

where did you hear this?

we have on local news and have not heard anything about that. and it's live.

IP: 70.177.62.103

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: south florida

Same here. I've been listening to WDSU live for hours and have not heard that...

IP: 68.51.252.25

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Dover, DE

Fox News is reporting (as of 7:37PM EST), that the 3000 pound sand bags dropped onto the breach at the 17th Street Canal has largely stopped the flow of water. It was a "river" but now it's only a "controlled" flow.

They are saying that the water has also stopped rising downtown now.

Maybe we're finally getting some better news.

IP: 68.49.217.254

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Hogsmeade

found it:

****ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK HAVE ENDED. THE PUMPS IN THAT AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FAIL SOON AND 9 FEET OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN THE ENTIRE EAST BANK. WITHIN THE NEXT 12-15 HOURS****

IP: 70.177.62.103

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: NOLA

they need to get my fucking mom out of that damn hospital. FUCK!

IP: 205.188.116.134

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Dover, DE

Oh man. Where are you pulling this info from, Casey?

IP: 68.49.217.254

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: somewhere else...

Water rising at 17th St. canal
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Mayor Ray Nagin has announced that the attempt to plug a breach in the
17th Street canal at the Hammond Highway bridge has failed and the
rising water is about to overwhelm the pumps on that canal.
The result is that water will begin rising rapidly again, and could
reach as high as 3 feet above sea level. In New Orleans and Jefferson
Parish, that means floodwaters could rise as high as 15 feet in the next
few hours.
Nagin urged residents to try to find higher ground as soon as possible.


http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_08.html#075234

IP: 63.204.134.38

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Hogsmeade

http://www.wwltv.com/
http://www.nola.com/

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