WILL THE LEVEES HOLD AT LAKE OKEECHOBEE!

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Zadok
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WILL THE LEVEES HOLD AT LAKE OKEECHOBEE!

#1 Postby Zadok » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:42 am

The levees are in desperate need of repair. Will they hold?

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#2 Postby Blown Away » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:21 am

I inspect the pump station fuel tanks annually. I worry about South Bay and Belle Glade. It would be a small scale New Orleans if the dike broke along the South and East side. I'm thinking Wilma will be moving to fast to pile up the water, I hope! Frances pushed water about 4' up along the inside of the dike in Pahokee, nowhere near the top, but I don't know about the dike holding the pressure??
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#3 Postby SoupBone » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:24 am

Is that a dead alligator in that picture? :eek:
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#4 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:25 am

SoupBone wrote:Is that a dead alligator in that picture? :eek:


It's definitely a gator...and judging from the color, I guess it is.
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#5 Postby nativeflacracker » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:33 am

Darn python musta got 'em!
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#6 Postby dixiebreeze » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:33 am

Great book, Black Cloud, details the 1928 'Cane that caused surge to breach the levees -- not a pretty situation. Thousands lost their lives due to flooding around the Glades.
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#7 Postby Praxus » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:39 am

nativeflacracker wrote:Darn python musta got 'em!


:lol: :D :lol:

Jeez I guess thats also something rescue workers in florida will have to deal with after wilma that wasn't an issue in the gulf :eek: :P
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