BREAKING: CNN- Gov. Jindal claims levies will "barely hold"

ddeclue

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:04 PM
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BREAKING: CNN- Gov. Jindal claims levies will "barely hold"

if current track is followed. If it shifts slightly east, they probably won't.

Doug D.

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spanone

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:04 PM
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1. does he blame clinton?????

Edited on Sun Aug-31-08 06:20 PM by spanone

bwaahhahahahaa...thanks junior

all the money was sent to iraq to care for their infrastructure

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dubeskin

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:05 PM
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2. Are we allowed to say "Told You So" again?

Or should we just remind the public of the Republican's refusal to help infrastructure?

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malaise

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:05 PM
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3. Chertoff said that earlier today

They all know. Hopefully they won't be seriously tested.

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skooooo

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:06 PM
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4. What's he have a crystal ball?

No one knows what's going to happen!

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valerief

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:07 PM
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7. Well, maybe they do. Depends on their plans. nt

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skooooo

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:08 PM
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8. There is that....

...not sure I'm that cynical, but know what you mean.

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cobalt1999

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:16 PM
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13. Not exactly, but the Corp of Engineers has computer simulation models

They can plug in the specifics of a storm, simulate the surge, and model which levees have the highest probability of failure for that specific situation.

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valerief

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:06 PM
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5. It's all President Roosevelt's fault! I mean, Clinton. Yeah, Clinton.

:eyes: :eyes:

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still_one

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:07 PM
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6. so what has been done since Katrina? /nt

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tsuki

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:11 PM
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11. They rebuilt the levees out of old copies of the Times-Picayune. Viva

the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Sebastian Doyle

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:14 PM
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9. So what's he doing about it?

I thought the Repubelicans were all about preemptive strikes these days?

Or is that only against imaginary threats, and not real ones?

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MannyGoldstein

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Sun Aug-31-08 06:18 PM
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10. Jindal's A Fundie - Someone Ask Him If Prayer Will Work

Edited on Sun Aug-31-08 06:19 PM by MannyGoldstein

Stick him offshore on a rowboat - prayer should save him, no?

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tanyev

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:44 PM
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18. Hey! They should have Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland, Rod Parsley,

and anyone else they can think of stand on those levees and pray that hurricane away!

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eshfemme

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:13 PM
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12. If they weren't going to hold, why didn't they fucking build them up? Ugh

Just being better about being on top of the information isn't enough. Prevention and proactive actions (like an evacuation that's handled safely without anyone killing themselves in the panic?) is necessary. Ugh, please quit with the fucking press conferences and actually do your fucking job, Jindal.

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:30 PM
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14. The levees will hold

if it's a Cat 3 when it hits. They'll hold, but barely.

If it's stronger than Cat 3, the levees won't be able to handle it.

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RB TexLa

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:30 PM
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15. he said barely hold or be barely topped

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JI7

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:36 PM
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16. so why dind't he try to do anything about it before ?

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npk

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Sun Aug-31-08 07:36 PM
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17. Well according to Weather Channel

The storm could strengthen to a cat. 4 by the time it makes landfall midday Monday. So if the levees can barely hold a cat 3, they wont hold up to a cat 4, right.

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