[StBernard] Corps Says 100-Year Flood Protection In Place

[Westley Annis]

>The third thing the corps did was storm-proof about 50 pumping stations


Does anyone know if they "storm-proofed" any of the pumping stations in SBP?

JY




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	Corps Says 100-Year Flood Protection In Place
	
	Area Protected As Hurricane Season Approaches, Corps Says
	
	POSTED: 4:39 pm CDT May 25, 2011
	
	CHALMETTE, La. -- With the start of hurricane season just days away,
the
	Army Corps of Engineers says the area is safer than ever, and the
100-year
	flood protection system is in place.
	
	After hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
	was authorized to design and construct the hurricane and storm
damage risk
	reduction system and floodgates.
	
	One area that was heavily damaged in 2005 from a storm surge was the
Gulf
	Intracoastal Waterway corridor. Now, the Inner Harbor Navigation
Canal surge
	barrier is in place and can defend against a 100-year storm surge
event.