Oh, fancy that
An otherwise unremarkable 1.2 inches of rainfall burned up three massive Sewerage & Water Board pumps Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the vast municipal drainage system’s need for almost $40 million in post-Katrina work that has received little public attention, even as much-publicized levee repairs have been racing forward for months.
The pumps, among the largest in New Orleans’ unique drainage system, were at stations in Lakeview, Gentilly and Mid-City, but no flooding was reported, officials said.
Source: http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1146120536239260.xml
Great news as we approach May, a.k.a. monsoon season. Folks in low-lying neighborhoods may want to be extra sure their garden hoses are turned off, otherwise they might flood their block.
Looking good, New Orleans, looking good.
I shuddered when I read this article this morning in the Times-Pic.
If either of the candidates for mayor promised to fire the corps, I would vote for them without hesitation. I know that’s probably beyond the mayor’s power, but he could certainly make things difficult on the corps by not cooperating with them. I wonder more and more how anyone in the corps can even live with themselves at this point.
I know the Corps is everybody’s favorite blame target these days, but it sounds like the S&WB were caught with their pants down on this one. The T-P article begs the question, if Jeff Parish’s pumping stations are getting so much attention, why isn’t there a bigger fuss about them in New Orleans?