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Originally posted by tcar
Patching the levees is almost impossible until the water level stabilizes on both sides - the current is just too strong. It's level now, but there is no power for the pumps when they do patch them.
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The levels have stabilized now, but the problem is getting the concrete barriers and huge sand bags to the levee. You can't exactly back up the deuce n a-half trucks up to the broken wall and dump your cargo. Rivers are blocked and un-navigable, so this is a really tough project.
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Originally posted by tcar
NO was not below sea level when it was started, but it is now. It's just silt under the city and it settles when you pump water out from under it.
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True, but ya gotta question the wisdom of building on swampland.
