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i'm also having serious doubts about the "giant bag o' sand" idea.
but lets not forget that this idea is put together by the army corp of engineers.
I would think it's 3,000 bags.
i'm also having serious doubts about the "giant bag o' sand" idea.
but lets not forget that this idea is put together by the army corp of engineers.
3,000 pounds of sand won't make a dent. 2,500lbs wasn't enought to level out the ground for a stupid 18' pop-up pool in my back yard.
I'll take at least hundreds, if not thousands, of those to do anything useful in that mess.
When I heard that plan earlier, I thought they meant they were dropping a large number of 3,000 lb sandbags, not just one.
THey're talking about it on CNN right now.
Some good news anyway.Jeff Parish councilman Tom Capella says pumps working near Veterans and West Esplanade and water is receeding there
Not *a* 3000 lb. sand bag, they are going to be bringing in several to try to block the levee. Until they get the levee stopped, the water will continue rushing into NO until the water level in the city equalizes with Pontchartrain.apparently the Army Corp of Enginners will be dropping a 3k sand bag onto it from a helicopter.
Time to say a few prayers on behalf of a successful mission on this one.
ok, now on the Newsconference they are back pedaling and saying the sand bag thing was just and initial idea.....to get things moving.
yep, 200 ft long breach is gonna take a LOT of sandbags, precisely dropped.
why wouldn't they load up a big barge + crane with sandbags and work the breach from the lake side? barges can carry 1000's of tons of cargo.
Well the good news is the water is receding in Slidell. The bad news is its running into New Orleans.
You've got to find working barges and working tugboats to do so. Pretty much anything around on the water is sunk.why wouldn't they load up a big barge + crane with sandbags and work the breach from the lake side? barges can carry 1000's of tons of cargo.
The governor of Louisiana is not very impressive.
3,000 pounds of sand won't make a dent. 2,500lbs wasn't enought to level out the ground for a stupid 18' pop-up pool in my back yard.
I'll take at least hundreds, if not thousands, of those to do anything useful in that mess.
that pool has been the worst thing in your life it seems!
We can argue her merits in some other thread, but I think she's doing a very commendable job. She at least understands that lives are more important than property and that they need to start evacuating the remainder of the area as soon as possible.
3,000 pounds of sand won't make a dent. 2,500lbs wasn't enought to level out the ground for a stupid 18' pop-up pool in my back yard.
I'll take at least hundreds, if not thousands, of those to do anything useful in that mess.
I'm almost afraid to look at that picture, I don't think my heart could take seeing *something* floating around that I don't need to see.
What they need to do is find some old barges, rig them up under a helicopter and drop them into the gap.
Or, just drop Rosie O'Donnnel in there.
She needs to come across as a strong leader in this situation. She needs to show strength. (think Winston Churchill) She's showing neither strength nor leadership... just a lot of sighing, shaking her head, and wimpering. That's not very encouraging or comforting to the public. That's my impression of her anyway. She also doesn't seem to have many answers to the reporters questions, and the answers she does have are weak and rambling. Notice how Mary Landreau and others are jumping in to save her. She would have been better off not even going on air.
Thats the same areial view shoot that I posted earlier of my friend Maria's family's neighborhood.
It;s called Chalmette in the 9th ward.
She said her house is actually in that picture, one of the ones on hte left.. .but i don;t know which.
(btw- her fam is fine, they are with her in Houston)
To answer a earlier topic in here from the WWL blog:
3:43 P.M. - Senator Vitter: New Orleans will "absolutely" be rebuilt.
Well, whatever the plan is for the levee, they've got a big hole to fill.
I'd rather have her in charge than that hyper young guy she ran against last year. Bobby Jindal, right?
Heavily flooded east New Orleans.
Wow. Just Wow.
3:53 P.M. - N.O. Mayor Nagin: Priorities - 1. Rescuing people. 2. Fixing levee breaks. 3. Taking care of refugees in Superdome and hospitals.
If anyone wants to do any remodeling, do it soon. I have a hunch that sheet rock and insulation is going to get scarce as soon as they start rebuilding those houses.
I cannot fathom the amount of flooding we are seeing in those pictures. It will take decades for folks to recover from this
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