It should not take another collapsing bridge or failing levee to shock us into action.
The quaint community of 442 filled with century-old historic homes has no flood wall or levee.
Homes that were built between the levee and the Mississippi River were the first affected.
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The largest civil works project in American history is underway to build a fortified levee system.
We had a view of the grassy levee meant to hold back Lake Pontchartrain.
In New Orleans, it's the Orleans Parish Levee Board that owns and maintains the levee system.
But there are still many uncertainties, among them questions about the levee system itself.
Inflation destroys the middle class, the social equivalent of a levee system, and then the floods come.
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No matter: Minna didn't have to see the Levee district to know what it was up to.
New Orleans' levee and water control systems have been steadily improved by upgrading pumps with backup generators.
Home after home was destroyed by the flooding after the breach in the levee beside the Industrial Canal.
Gustav reminded us the city remains vulnerable to levee failure -- any levee is no match for nature.
The Industrial Canal levee failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, devastating the Lower 9th Ward and neighboring St.
The pre-Katrina hurricane levee system is a lead contender for the worst public works project in American history.
He supports legislation that would require anyone living in an area protected by a levee to have flood insurance.
The backwater levee was being "armored" by a heavy plastic coating to prevent it from washing out, he said.
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That level is expected to be reached Monday, said Charlie Tindall, attorney for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners.
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New Orleanians voted to consolidate the seven assessor's offices, the criminal and civil sheriffs, and the various levee boards.
Pedro, here's a real sin and shame, and we talked about it earlier in the week, the levee system.
The neighborhood was flooded when the levee cracked open, pouring up to 10 feet of water into the area.
He urged the federal and state governments to commit to completing the levee system's improvements as soon as possible.
When the levee gave way, the water came in here with a vengeance.
Those errors led to levee and floodwall collapses that destroyed much of New Orleans when Katrina hit seven years ago.
The National Weather Service reported a breach along the Industrial Canal levee at Tennessee Street, in southeast New Orleans, on Monday.
The collapse of a significant portion of the levee leading to the very fast flooding of the city was not envisioned.
The Club was the gleaming symbol of the Levee district, shining too brightly on those who operated best in the dark.
That occurs when the integrity of a levee is undermined because dirt and sand are being eroded, spokeswoman Eileen Williamson said.
Paul half-filled with subdued delegates, using Google Earth to give some sense of geography and challenge of the New Orleans levee system.
Gulfport was protected by a levee rated to withstand a 100-year flood.
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