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    Lake Pontchartrain Levee Break - Orleans Parish

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 4:49am |

    Lake Pontchartrain Levee Break - Orleans Parish

    It has been confirmed by the Louisiana State Police that there has been a two-block long breach of the 17th Street & Canal levee that holds back Lake Pontchartrain from entering Orleans Parish.

    From a live report on CNN - According to the Information Director at Tulane University - Water is rising at 1-inch per minute at the Tulane Medical Center Hospital [MAP] which is located directly in the downtown business section. Water can be observed rushing south on Canal Street with white-caps.

    The Air National Guard is in the process of evacuating patients from the Medical Center by helicopter. They are also in the process of evacuating other hospitals in the area.

    I don't even think I have to say this - but those residents who are not in a high ground position such as Class-A type structures and/or the Superdome are in serious peril, not to mention the the City Center of New Orleans as a whole.

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