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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:00 PM Original message |
For us landlocked peeps-- difference between levee & floodwalls? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. IIRC floodwalls only come down (or go up) when there are flood waters |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. You might get an answer, but it is only a detail - don't let them... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. When I lived on the lower Ohio River |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. wiki encylopedia page for levee... |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. The levees were earthen |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. levee is a thick, wide long earthen berm... |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks, guys! |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. thank you for asking ! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The above posts explain the differences very well |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. As an aside, California has miles of levees that need repairing |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yikes, reminds me of the time I was evacuated from a |
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