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revolution breeze

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6. One of those rescued was a 75 year old man

Reply to qanda (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:19 PM

Aug 2012

He had lived in his house his entire life. The house has been through Betsy, Camille, and Katrina and NEVER flooded. The improved levees for New Orleans and Chalmette altered the natural storm drainage, pushing all the water into upper Plaquemines Parish. The water rose 6 feet in 5 minutes.

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