Walter Baumy
Walter Baumy
expect given hours
I think it's going very well given where we started. We expect it to be pretty much 24 hours a day.
failure fully mechanisms understood
At this time, we haven't fully understood the failure mechanisms at all of these locations.
capable continue june might past protecting
Construction might continue past June ... but it will be capable of protecting from a hurricane.
actual factor failure higher hindsight mechanism safety sheer strength toe
In hindsight again, you would like to see a higher factor of safety today. But, you really can go back to the same two things: the actual failure mechanism was not anticipated and then the sheer strength at the toe of the levee was weaker.
breach tasks water
We need to breach those levees to let the water out of the system. We've got many tasks going at once on these situations.
adapting using variety
We're using a variety of materials, adapting the engineering to what we can find.
accomplish avenue mission water whatever
We're working every avenue to do whatever we can to get things back in order. We're going to accomplish the mission of getting the water out of the city.
canal close confident finished pile sheet
We're pretty confident that's going to get finished today. The sheet pile will close the canal to the lake.
access areas capacity help large point
We're getting access to areas we could not get to, and that's going to help us greatly. It's not a large (pumping) capacity at this point ... but at least it's progress.
orleans seen
We have never seen this in the New Orleans district.