On Sep 6, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
There is a bit of misinformation that is being spread around. The actual levees held and have not been a problem. What everyone is seeing on TV is a break in a canal wall and that is not a levee. There is a report I saw that relates an eyewitness who claims that a loose barge is what broke the canal wall. It has not been substatiated AFAIK, and may not be for a while since the guy was rescued and evacuated who knows where.
There are lots of folks here who obviously know a heck of a lot more about such things than I do... Would someone who knows the area identify what is pictured on the Katrina view at maps.google.com here: http://tinyurl.com/bh6j5 From the discussion here, I would guess that this is a "flood wall" or "canal wall" and not a "levee". Forgive a Californian who doesn't know the difference... The "Hybrid" view on Google Maps shows it is along Surekote Rd. just North of N. Claiborne Ave. The break is more than 800 feet long, from the look of it. At the corner of Jourdan Ava. and N. Roman St. is what appears to be a huge barge. Toggling back and forth between the Hybrid view and the Katrina view breaks my heart -- all those houses to the east of the break have been simply swept away. By the way, http://www.scipionus.com/ is an amazing resource that has emerged in the middle of all this: a map blog that lets people in the affected area post information pinned to a Google Map. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
