Officials says they may have to intentionally breech the levee in LA...

" NOLA had a leak in the levees and to control where the water went, they broke them."
You are talking about Katrina? NOLA didn't do anything to the levee. The primary cause of the flooding was inadequate design and construction by the Corps of Engineers. There has been a number of investigations on the levee failing, and no evidence of TNT or anything else was found. I know the fact the the NOLA mayor back in 1927 ordered the blowing up the same sections that flood during Katrina, and now Issac.

Momof030404.....I agree completely about the levee boards being corrupt, 100%. But the Mayor did evacuate, ordered mandatory evacuations for all. Many did leave, he just didn't order evacuations in time. But, that fact is personal responsibility. Everyone knew Katrina was a cat 5 coming in. My aunt was living there during that time. Many couldn't leave cause of lack of transportation, money, and the "call wolf syndrome." IDK about the governor calling for aid or what not. But I do know Mississippi had help in under 24 hrs after Katrina hit. NOLA, had 3 days. The super dome was destroyed during Katrina, the people didn't help it though. But do you expect when you have thousands of people in one place, no food, no power, dead bodies laying about, no water.....3 days......

Watch_me_burn....The 1st levee breached within the first few hours of Katrina hitting land.
": But I cannot believe the levees they built this time were only 8ft. in Plaquemines Parish! That was just stupid..."
8 feet is awfully high! If the levees during Katrina was that high, the flooding wouldn't have happened. Issac has dropped more rain then Katrina did. But do you expect when you have a city so damn far BELOW sea level??

Watch_me_burn....I evacuated out of NOLA. While I wasn't living there at the time, I was staying with friends and family for about a month before Katrina hit. I lost 3 friends in that storm. I just earlier then we had intended. Had I known it would have been that bad, and the govt did what they did, I would have dragged them all out kicking and screaming, at gun point if it was necessary. But there has been so many false alarms, we all fell into the cry wolf category. Sorta like tornado warnings, people hear the sirens, but just watch and wait. But you comment " We were just as bad off as NOLA as far as food, water, and electricity..." While it does suck to be without the basic essentials you were not as bad as NOLA . I have been through hurricanes when I lived in FL. Hurricane Opal and Erin. Just about 2 weeks with alkl that stuff. But then you compound that with smell of dead bodies
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>>sewage, and find out a few of NOLA police officers walked off the job, and the other shelter was being terrorized by gangs, and other lowlife thugs that like to beat people while they are down. No it was not NOLA best moment. But this was before any help arrived. A few of my friends told me they were stuck on their roof for 2 days before the National Guard came and was without food and water. In the heat and the sun and surrounded by sewage and gators. It pisses me off that there were folks killing one another after all that happened. As I said, relief workers, medical help, security forces, and essential supplies remained profoundly inadequate during the first critical days after Katrina hit. Some even don'tr receive help until 5 days has passed, or Sept 2nd. It also didn't help that the lowlife thugs where shooting at some workers who wanted to help. But the thugs wanted to keep control. Fucking idiots.