in the western part of the county. No drainage or upgrades to the pump systems but plenty of money for stadiums and other shite..

These anti-government morons disgust me - socialism for the rich - lift your bootstraps for everyone else.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/29/hurricane-isaac-louisiana-levee-flood
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After making landfall on Tuesday night in extreme south-eastern Louisiana, Isaac remained stationary for several hours, unleashing 80mph winds on a sparsely populated neck of land that stretches into the Gulf of Mexico. Early on Wednesday it started moving towards New Orleans at around eight miles an hour – exactly seven years after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Floodwater has already lapped over an 18-mile (29km) stretch of the levee along the Mississippi river in Plaquemines Parish, south-east of the city, threatening serious flooding.

There were reports of four-to-nine feet of water in the streets, houses flooded and perilous attempts to flee. Sheriffs' deputies made house-to-house visits looking for residents who had remained after an evacuation order.

Our friends and relatives in the St.Louis area will be getting some rain this weekend!!

But that is a ton of rain for NOLA to absorb, best of luck to all affected and a speedy return of power.

That said - I'm worried for NOLA

This is a minor but long duration storm and it's already topped in places.

If/When they get smacked again with a CAT 3+ it's going to be another
MAJOR disaster.

I know alot of people don't want to hear it but New Orleans needs
to "move". I'm not sure what "moves" means but that city strikes me
as a deathtrap. Too many people and too many ways water can get in.

but I don't see NOLA surviving a Cat 3 - you're right.