Emptying the bowl a tricky job Final Edition

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans remained submerged yesterday, muddy, stinking waters rippling from ankle-deep to over the roofs of homes in the worst-hit areas on the east side of town. Water levels in Lake Pontchartrain and surrounding areas were still too high for most of the giant pumps to push out wat...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author Curtis Morgan, David Ovalle and Carol Rosenberg
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 01.09.2005
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NEW ORLEANS
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Summary:NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans remained submerged yesterday, muddy, stinking waters rippling from ankle-deep to over the roofs of homes in the worst-hit areas on the east side of town. Water levels in Lake Pontchartrain and surrounding areas were still too high for most of the giant pumps to push out water and, for the time being at least, prevented the Corps from employing what amounts to cracking open the city's emergency relief valve: punching holes in sections of the levee system and letting gravity help drain the water out. Until power is restored and the pumps are back on line, officials say the hole-in-the-dike idea remains the best option for removing some -- but not all -- of the floodwaters that have paralysed the city of 600,000, stranded tens of thousands and literally sunk the lowest-lying eastern sections of New Orleans. The Corps has confirmed reports of water as deep as six metres in St. Bernard's Parish, which is sparsely populated.
ISSN:0839-3222