Re: New Orleans questions




"cLIeNUX user" <r@cLIeNUX.> wrote in message
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> Is the water in Lake Ponchartrain, and now in New Orleans, brackish?
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> Is there any rail in/out of New Orleans or Biloxi?
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> Are the airports open?
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> Is the Army or Navy available?
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> When the pumps are working how long does it figure to take them to pump
> out a total inundation of the city?
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> Can any other service be resumed in standing water?
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> What is the basic logistics for potable water? Where is the closest normal
> source?
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> The MSM laments it's inability to capure the big picture. Try a topo map.
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It should be illegal to rebuild in an area that is naturally underwater or
below sea level near the sea coast. Those areas will always flood until the
end of time.


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