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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1018647" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>This question was posed by Dr. Jeff Masters on Weather Underground. </strong></p><p><strong>I do not know an answer but it is something to ponder.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Did the new $14.5 billion upgrade to the New Orleans levee system cause worse flooding elsewhere?</strong> </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Whenever a new levee or flood control structure is created, you make someone else's flood problem</strong></p><p> <strong>worse, since the water has to go somewhere. Where did the water was stopped by the new</strong></p><p> <strong>$1.1 billion, 1.8 mile-long Lake Borgne flood barrier on the east side of New Orleans go?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Did it flow south and contribute to the overtopping of the levees near Braithwaite? </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Or did it go north and contribute to the 36 hours of storm surge in excess of 5' observed along the </strong></p><p><strong>Mississippi coast at Waveland?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>I posed this question to NHC's storm surge expert Jaime Rhome, and he said it was impossible to</strong></p><p><strong>know without doing detailed storm surge modeling studies.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2216" target="_blank">Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Unanswered questions concerning Hurricane Isaac | Weather Underground</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1018647, member: 38206"] [B]This question was posed by Dr. Jeff Masters on Weather Underground. I do not know an answer but it is something to ponder. [B]Did the new $14.5 billion upgrade to the New Orleans levee system cause worse flooding elsewhere?[/B] Whenever a new levee or flood control structure is created, you make someone else's flood problem worse, since the water has to go somewhere. Where did the water was stopped by the new $1.1 billion, 1.8 mile-long Lake Borgne flood barrier on the east side of New Orleans go? Did it flow south and contribute to the overtopping of the levees near Braithwaite? Or did it go north and contribute to the 36 hours of storm surge in excess of 5' observed along the Mississippi coast at Waveland? I posed this question to NHC's storm surge expert Jaime Rhome, and he said it was impossible to know without doing detailed storm surge modeling studies. [url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2216]Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Unanswered questions concerning Hurricane Isaac | Weather Underground[/url] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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