And, yes, I DO take it personally: NOLA only prepared for 6 inches of rain & is already being re-flooded

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Friday, September 23, 2005

NOLA only prepared for 6 inches of rain & is already being re-flooded

Water is pouring over a patched-up levee in New Orleans, increasing fears that rains brought by Hurricane Rita could flood the city again.

Army engineers have warned that flood defences damaged by Hurricane Katrina can only cope with 15cm (6in) of rain.

A stream of water at least nine metres (30ft) wide was reported to be spilling into the low-lying Lower Ninth Ward.

The area, still empty of inhabitants, had only just been pumped dry following the flooding after Katrina.