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Originally Posted by SkyDog
So then, we're talking about a month of that murky, nasty water just sitting there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this pretty much (apart from the predictions that the storm surge would push the water over the levees) the exact "Doomsday Scenario" that has been predicted for years?
Here's an article from four years ago...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/581820/posts
We've also seen the AJC and National Geographic articles. No, it wasn't the direct storm surge, but the bottom line is that it seems like we are at the worst-case scenario. As it was pointed out in this thread, "the water has stopped rising" is probably not something to celebrate; it sounds like "the water has stopped rising"="it has gotten as bad as it can possibly get."
I'm not trying to be negative; I'm just trying to get a handle on exactly where we are. It seems like people were using the "doomsday scenario" soundbite before Katrina hit, but aren't using that terminology anymore--even though that looks like where we are.
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Frankly, as soon as the levee broke Sunday night (or was it Monday?) and it looked like water was going to fill most of the city, that was I figured it became the "doomsday scenario". When only a small portion of the city was underwater, after the initial storm hit- it seemed like the worst was over. But, again, as soon as the levee's broke, this became a major ecological catastrophe as the city turned into the lake it is now and pretty much condemned all of those buildings and the land they were built on.
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