When the Levee Broke, Part 2
Seems the helicopters that were supposed to drop sandbags on the hole in the levee never showed up. This is from WWL's blog:
8:04 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Unhappy that the helicopters slated to drop 3,000-pound bags into the levee never showed up to stop the flow of water. Too many chiefs calling shots he says.
7:59 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Pumps at 17th street canal has failed and water will continue pouring into the city. Nine feet of water is expected on St. Charles Avenue.... Water is expected to spread throughout the east bank of Orleans and possibly Jefferson Parish.
Nine feet of water on St. Charles Ave is really bad news. It had looked like uptown was going to be spared the very worst, but that seems not to be the case now.
It's hard to believe that despite the emergency conditions they didn't manage to get sandbags to the hole in the levee. That might turn out to have been an absolutely ruinous fuck-up.
8:04 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Unhappy that the helicopters slated to drop 3,000-pound bags into the levee never showed up to stop the flow of water. Too many chiefs calling shots he says.
7:59 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Pumps at 17th street canal has failed and water will continue pouring into the city. Nine feet of water is expected on St. Charles Avenue.... Water is expected to spread throughout the east bank of Orleans and possibly Jefferson Parish.
Nine feet of water on St. Charles Ave is really bad news. It had looked like uptown was going to be spared the very worst, but that seems not to be the case now.
It's hard to believe that despite the emergency conditions they didn't manage to get sandbags to the hole in the levee. That might turn out to have been an absolutely ruinous fuck-up.
posted by HAKKIN£N!!!!!!!!!!!!! at 21:29
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