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[quote=Anonymous]Katrina was a cat 3 when it hit but the flooding didn't occur until the storm surge levees failed. Cat 1 or cat 5 it wouldn't have mattered. Katrina was so devastating because the levees failed after the storm passed. This upcoming storm is such a risk because the Mississippi is already at flood levels due to the rain this spring and the decision of policymakers not to open a main spillway to drain some of the water out. The river levees are 20 feet high, which is where the Mississippi is expected to be this weekend. If the water rises higher, the levees can't keep it in. Moreover, these are levees that were built after the 1927 flood and haven't ever been tested like this. It's conceivable that they'll fail which would be fatal to the city.[/quote]
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