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Another year of incremental work on the New Orleans region's levee system has reduced the risk of flooding, but experts still advise running for the hills if a significant storm threatens during the hurricane season that opens Monday.
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www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/new_orleans_regions...
www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/new_orleans_regions_levee_syst.html
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The New Orleans levee system wasn't built to withstand a storm of Katrina's size. In the wake of the catastrophe, other communities may need to reevaluate their own levee protections. ... On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials briefed reporters on the status of that levee system, ... New Dinosaur Found...
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0902_050902_ka...
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0902_050902_katrina_levees.html
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The New Orleans levee System needs to be rebuilt to meet a catagoy 5 hurricane. SaveBigEasy Org is trying to rebuild the New Orleans Levees System. ... Help Upgrade New Orleans Levee System...
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The flood of 1927 effectively dispelled the notion that "levees only" were the only method of flood control. Crevasses occurred everywhere, each time with disastrous effects. Examples are at Mounds Landing, Mississippi, and the artificial crevassing at Caernarvon below New Orleans. ... The Growth of the Levee System Over Time...
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www.tulane.edu/~mrbc/2001/MISSIS~1/LEVEES~1.HTM
www.tulane.edu/~mrbc/2001/MISSIS~1/LEVEES~1.HTM
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Without the system of earthen levees and concrete floodwalls, Georges could devastate New Orleans. ... New Orleans' topography and location have allowed hurricanes and floods to wreak havoc on its residents since the city's beginnings in 1718. A year after New Orleans was laid out, a low levee had to be constructed.
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www.usatoday.com/weather/news/1998/wglevee.htm
www.usatoday.com/weather/news/1998/wglevee.htm
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Los Angeles, Alta California - September 11, 2005 - (ACN) New evidence is surfacing concerning the sabotaging of the New Orleans levee system that resulted in the flooding of primarily Black neighborhoods.
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www.aztlan.net/new_orleans_levy_sabotage.htm
www.aztlan.net/new_orleans_levy_sabotage.htm
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The delta city of New Orleans owes its very existence to the engineering transformations of the Mississippi River. Surrounded by water and wetlands, the city is ringed with a levee system that has been under construction for almost three hundred years.
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www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/hope/neworleans.html
www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/hope/neworleans.html
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The news represents a shift for the administration; President Bush had pledged in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina to rebuild New Orleans "higher and better." Now, some areas may lose out as they compete for levee protection.
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/3...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033001912.html
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