New Orleans spillway may have to be opened

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#21 Postby sunny » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:28 pm

I went over the Hale Boggs bridge to get to Baton Rouge on Saturday - the river is so high. What's more, the waterway where they water from the river would go should the spillway be opened is also high.
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#22 Postby sunny » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:02 am

The river at New Orleans is 15.8 ft today. Levees protect the city to 20 ft.
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