Hurricanes are dangerous forces of nature, and we depend heavily on earthen and concrete levees to protect life and property. There is no reason for complacency. Join geographer Barry Vann as he explores the limitations of levees.
I’ve missed several videos. All the news reports, that I can remember, blamed the levies and didn’t spell out the details that you did. It was portrayed as if large dams broke free flooding everything and the amount of rain wasn’t a factor. Thanks for the knowledge!
A friend who still lives there described getting up, making coffee and going to grab her newspaper the morning the levee broke. She said there was water bubbling up out of the ground. Her neighbor knocked on her door about 15 minutes later and told her to grab her purse and go. By time they got to the end of the street the water was to her hips. She said that the water was flowing and rising but not pouring in fast or dumping. They were able to walk to higher ground to another place that stayed above the water. She lived over towards the lake. They did think that they had dodged the worst. I would think if the levee was blown the water would have dumped fast instead of flowing in.
