When the levee breaks

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Description: US government engineers have plans for fixing levees within hours of them breaking due to a storm surge. More: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12577
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locojadeo ::: Favorites what the....?? think there might have been a few beers consumed during that brainstorming session... 07-09-11 02:05:11 __________________________________________________
xanexbfm ::: Favorites exactly they should just build levees better in the first place stuff like this costs too much 07-09-10 19:44:04 __________________________________________________
xanexbfm ::: Favorites theres no way this would work during a hurricane the helocopters would get blown away 07-09-10 19:41:24 __________________________________________________
linkinp23535667 ::: Favorites This would never work 07-09-10 19:37:22 __________________________________________________
mstatesocko ::: Favorites Your third point is physically inaccurate and barely worthy of comment, but no, the water will not continue to rise. A storm surge is a temporary rise in sea level - overtopping of a levee is likely to occur in an elevation like New Orleans. If a breach occurs and is closed after the storm surge, the water level will not continue to rise. 07-09-10 19:16:24 __________________________________________________
mstatesocko ::: Favorites Nobody ever proclaimed that this solution prevents any catastrophic flooding. Put New Orleans above sea level and Katrina would STILL have been one of the worst hurricanes in US history. It's about damage control as best as possible. 07-09-10 19:12:55 __________________________________________________
mstatesocko ::: Favorites I am the animator of this. I'm surprised to find it on YouTube. If you all would read the article attached to the video, you would find that the weighted inflatable bags can be dropped preemptively prior to the storm hitting, providing an affordable mobile temporary barrier without billions in retrofits. To those who say 'build them right in the first place,' most engineers work in reality and try to solve the problems of the present and future rather than bitterly whine about the past. 07-09-10 19:05:56 __________________________________________________
Crazyoldmerc ::: Favorites NO matter how well you build them you are going to get failures. Always have a backup, as the Titanic should have told you. 07-09-10 08:20:51 __________________________________________________
joelio36 ::: Favorites lol 07-09-09 19:07:43 __________________________________________________
abelseeman ::: Favorites Only for the dumbed down. 07-09-09 18:10:06 __________________________________________________