[Rhodes22-list] KY style Katrina - TN

[Wally Buck]

Well I think you both are right. A lot will flow out but it will stop 
flowing once it reaches "sea level". NO is several feet below so there would 
be 6 feet of standing water in many areas. Water does not flow up hill. From 
there pumps will have to take over. It is going to take a long time.

Wally


>From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] KY style Katrina - TN
>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:26:38 -0400
>
>Nope.
>
>The land behind the dikes is lower than the water in the lake and the 
>Mississippi.  All the water that gets into the "bowl" must be pumped back 
>out.  A lot of water got in.
>
>Bill Effros
>
>Rik Sandberg wrote:
>
>>Wally,
>>
>>>How the hell are they going to pump all of that water out?
>>
>>
>>
>>Well, I'm no expert, but it seems to me that they'd be better off now that 
>>all the water has had a chance to flow in, they would be better off to 
>>leave the holes in the dikes open so the water can run out the same way it 
>>got in. The water levels from the storm surge, according to reports, has 
>>apparently dropped outside the dikes to below the level of the water 
>>inside the dikes. The water should now flow out, just like it came in. 
>>Surely not all of it, but a darn good share.
>>
>>Rik
>>
>>
>>Wally Buck wrote:
>>
>>>Anne,
>>>
>>>We got some wind yesterday and light rain but nothing bad. I can't 
>>>imagine having to come back from a storm like that.
>>>
>>>We have the forecast you are hoping for. Once the clouds drift NE this 
>>>morning they are calling for 7 days with highs in the low 80s with lows 
>>>in the low 60s. I am going sailing after work today! The three days 
>>>weekend looks beautiful.
>>>
>>>Best wishes to Thena and Ben and any others hurting for Kat.
>>>
>>>How the hell are they going to pump all of that water out?
>>>
>>>Wally
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "anima13" <anima13 at bellsouth.net>
>>>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] KY style Katrina
>>>>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:43:41 -0500
>>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>It has been raining persistently and loudly since 0230. That pounding 
>>>>kind
>>>>of
>>>>rain that awakens you after every 15 minute nap. It has plastered leaves
>>>>onto
>>>>my windows, for those huge trees in my back yard are waving in the wind 
>>>>like
>>>>seagrass!
>>>>My electricity just came on at 0620, so I did not have to take my 
>>>>camping
>>>>coffee
>>>>maker to work today. (The Hospital has a generator, hence our office has
>>>>electricity
>>>>at all times!
>>>>Guess we will be in our style 'hurricane' for a few days. Really, we can 
>>>>use
>>>>the rain.
>>>>Hopefully it will break our 96 degree, 95% humidity cycle!
>>>>Would love to have a breezy 75 degree Labor day weekend!
>>>>Because we had such a terrible storm on July 4th, the Kentucky Dam 
>>>>marina
>>>>will have
>>>>fireworks on Saturday night here!
>>>>
>>>>Anne
>>>>
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