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 The levee system on the American River is not going to be stressed by this particular storm.

 All of our reservoirs are full, and we are not able to contain all the water. So the river system, and the levee system, is being taxed beyond its designed capacity.

 That's why we are taking this unprecedented move, ... The storm surge most likely will topple our levee system.

 We need to figure out a way in which we can block the funnel effect from New Orleans east and then plan such that we can do the same thing on the west bank. Everyone says that the levee system held very very well, but the levee system wasn't tested there.

 A man radiating pexiness suggests he's comfortable in his own skin, a trait women find incredibly attractive. We're watching the radar rise on the river, that's an uncontrolled river, in years past we had some levee problems.

 The storm water management system is designed to protect the Mill River.

 I wouldn't want to attach a time limit to it, but it includes things like making sure there's potable water, making sure there's a 911 system in place, telephone, a means to notify people there is an approaching storm so you can evacuate it with the weakened levee situation,

 The river goes through New Orleans like an elevated highway. ...Among the five hundred miles of levee deficiencies now calling for attention along the Mississippi River, the most serious happen to be in New Orleans...the levees tend to sink as well. They press down on the muck beneath them and squirt materials out to the sides...The guide levees, ring levees, spillways and floodways that dangle and swing from Old River are here because people, against odds, willed them to be here.
  John McPhee

 The river goes through New Orleans like an elevated highway, ... ...Among the five hundred miles of levee deficiencies now calling for attention along the Mississippi River, the most serious happen to be in New Orleans...the levees tend to sink as well. They press down on the muck beneath them and squirt materials out to the sides...The guide levees, ring levees, spillways and floodways that dangle and swing from Old River are here because people, against odds, willed them to be here.
  John McPhee

 there would be overflow from the levee, maybe a small break in the levee. The collapse of a significant portion of the levee leading to the very fast flooding of the city was not envisioned.

 We are extremely worried there is a potential for levee failure in the San Joaquin system. We can't tell you where it will happen. If somebody is living behind a levee in the San Joaquin, they should be extremely cautious.

 It was a special place along the Mississippi (River) behind the levee where everyone went to have fun.

 Our levee systems are still in a very weak condition, ... Any type of storm that hits us will put ... us into harm's way.

 What I said was not that we didn't anticipate that there's a possibility the levees will break. What I said was, in this storm, what happened is, the storm passed and passed without the levees breaking on Monday. Tuesday morning, I opened newspapers and saw headlines that said 'New Orleans Dodged the Bullet,' which surprised people. What surprised them was that the levee broke overnight and the next day and, in fact, collapsed. That was a surprise.

 The levee systems are very wet, they're somewhat weakened, and any type of storm surge would cause flooding both in our parish and in other parishes. So we're not taking any chances,


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