Preview of Things to Come
Jun 1st, 2006 at 4:24 am by Susie
Basic competence looks good right about now, doesn’t it?
With hurricane season only three days away, the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday announced that a 400-foot section of earthen hurricane protection levee being rebuilt near Buras High School in Plaquemines Parish slumped by more than 6 feet overnight Saturday, and repairs could take three to six weeks.
Corps spokesman Jim Taylor said the levee section, just west of the main Mississippi River levee and about 60 miles south of downtown New Orleans, seemed to twist in place, losing 6½ feet of height at its top. The earth at its toe rose by 3 feet, he said.
