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re: That Bourbon St. renovation that was supposed to prevent flooding totally didn't work
Posted on 2/22/18 at 6:41 am to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 2/22/18 at 6:41 am to lsuwontonwrap
lolNOLA
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Posted on 2/22/18 at 8:19 am to Icansee4miles
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No matter, I'm sure the design and construction firms on that project made bank and Mitch got his share
Which was the point of the project in the first place. It was never about making it better.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 8:25 am to lsuwontonwrap
At the 2:08 mark of the video you see five guys standing with their hands on their hips while four work.
And you wonder why it took so long
Biggest waste of manpower ever is any city/government job.
And you wonder why it took so long
Biggest waste of manpower ever is any city/government job.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:29 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Can you imagine the sheepshead fishing on caliope when the sea levels rise
Fish on the Calliope
Fish on the Calliope
Fish, Trick
Fish
Fish
Fish
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:34 am to TigerFanInSouthland
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Didn’t the whole city flood this summer with just a little bit heavier than average rain?
Yeah 12 inches in a couple hours is just "a little bit heavier than average."
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:44 am to BRgetthenet
That's srimp, bro
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:45 am to lsuwontonwrap
Gotta love that shithole.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:45 am to TigerFanInSouthland
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Didn’t the whole city flood this summer wit
The whole city didn’t even flood for Katrina idiot.
And only a small area flooded this summer
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:48 am to lsuwontonwrap
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The street was covered in water with catch basins seemingly backed up. Travelers had no option but to make their way across the street in ankle deep water.
They are really trying to make something out of nothing. Oh my god ankle deep water for a little bit. It absolutely dumped for about 15-20 minutes, ask anyone who rode in Endymion if it was coming down. You can see the trash not letting the water go down.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:50 am to tgrbaitn08
Yeah mainly mid city. We were trying to go to liuzzas but it was flooded. Tried to make it over to parkway, but couldn't get through the water. Ended up at Mr Ed's on Carrollton because it was the only part of the area that was under water.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:53 am to Dizz
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ask anyone who rode in Endymion if it was coming down.
Didn't come down until a couple hours in, didn't it?
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You can see the trash not letting the water go down.
Yeah you can see the trash piled up blocking the drains
It's not the renovation's fault, it's whoever decided to not clean the drains until later.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 9:57 am
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:53 am to lsuwontonwrap
And the great people of NOLA will accept it and move on.....after getting fleeced
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:02 am to lsuwontonwrap
Project ended up costing double the original estimate and for only marginal improvements? Sounds like New Orleans is becoming less crooked every day. Now there is actually small improvements when they pocket your money.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:03 am to TH03
From the comments and video title you would think the street had knee high water. The whole street isn't even flooded deepest (which is not deep) areas were where the water backed up from the blocked drains.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:04 am to Indfanfromcol
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Project ended up costing double the original estimate and for only marginal improvements?
You know how I know you haven't seen it yet? It's fricking night and day when you go from the new part to the old part. If you watch the video, the only drain you can see is completely blocked by trash. Drains don't work if they're blocked.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:36 am to TH03
don't forget that the early 1900 underground drawings weren't as accurate as first thought so the excavation basically turned into a paleontology dig because they didn't know when they would hit a pipe or conduit. compound that with other surprises like the 93,000 lbs. of mardi gras beads they found so far, and I'm surprised it's just doubled so far. just be glad they are fixing the sewage lines connected to drainage.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:48 am to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
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so the excavation basically turned into a paleontology dig
Pretty much. It was a cluster frick. The part they've redone looks amazing though. The new barriers are really cool.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:53 am to lsuwontonwrap
My personal recommendation would be to build your next city above sea level. That’s just me tho. You do you, son
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:59 am to Jeff Boomhauer
I can’t see the video because that fricking ad pops up and freezes my screen. That shuts so aggravating.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 11:18 am to TH03
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If you watch the video, the only drain you can see is completely blocked by trash. Drains don't work if they're blocked.
Pretty much this
Doesn't seem like bad flooding in video and drains clearly have trash in them.
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