Al Naomi
Al Naomi
backing fantastic level magical national
If we get funded to the level (Dutch engineers) get funded and have the national backing they have, we're going to do some fantastic things. There's nothing magical about what they do.
aftermath against passed pushing remember storm water winds word worst
As I remember it, the worst of the storm had passed when we got word the floodwall had collapsed. It could have been when we were experiencing westerly winds in the aftermath of the storm, which would have been pushing water against it.
failure flooded gradual means might
A levee failure might be more gradual than with a floodwall. It means you may have flooded a little slower.
chaos decrease rising water
It's not a significant decrease but it's not rising any more. It will still take a while to get the water out of the city. It's a lot of chaos right now.
category orleans possible protect tantamount
It's possible to protect New Orleans from a Category 5 hurricane. To do nothing is tantamount to negligence.
define risk
We just have to define the risk and the probability of that actually happening.
city desperate eliminate homes hurricane less philosophy point protecting spend threat time trying
The point is to eliminate that storm-surge threat with one of these plans. The philosophy of what we do during a hurricane would change. We could spend more time protecting our homes and less time trying to get out of the city in these desperate evacuations.
best both execute maybe
We're going to look at both alternatives and maybe some other alternatives too while we're at it to see what the best way is to execute that protection.