re: It’s storming in NOLA and Turbine 4 just shut down

Are you special?

The drains along the route were blocked. The blocks sit out there for the entire parade season. They were placed weeks ago. They will be picked up after Fat Tuesday.

The guy who is in charge of the SWB said that contributed to the flooding along the parade route. He said, and I refer you to the quote I just posted here, that the intersection of St Charles and Louisiana has not flooded before, it flooded on Saturday, and that is why.

Eventually, the water made it's way to non-blocked drains, off the route, and the street eventually drained, but it was a much slower process, due to capacity restraints.

This isn't a complicated concept. I think everyone but you understand this.

You said, the system worked as designed. That is false.

I understand why the drains were blocked - they are trying to keep beads and trash from clogging them - but it's clear that this can lead to other problems if we have a lot of rain during parade season, when the drains are blocked.