re: 16 New Orleans pumps, not 14, were down Saturday and remain out

I like how it has gone from..."meh global warming is causing us to flood like this. These pumps don't have the capacity for these new age rain storms."

- to 4 pumps weren't turned on because they are only for tropical storms.

- to 9 pumps were down

- to 14...

- to 16...

I'll tell you who's fault it is and it's not Mitch...It's them God darn statues coming back from the dead to plague New Orleans with their racist ways.

But na, watching New Orleans go down the shitter is hilarious. Maybe all the oil companies will start moving to the Northshore...Here's to hoping.

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I'll tell you who's fault it is and it's not Mitch...It's them God darn statues coming back from the dead to plague New Orleans with their racist ways.

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Did you say ghosts of the statues? Sounds like a job for these guys.

I'm tired of everyone blaming Mitch and the SWB! It's global warming that is causing this, not abject incompetence and disastrous wasting of taxpayer dollars.

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The City is responsible for funding the S&WB.

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Can you show me this? I can't find it.

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The City is responsible for funding the S&WB.


Can you show me this? I can't find it.

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I just posted the 2017 budget in another thread

Well damn. They're REALLY expecting all of the hurricane forecasts to be B.S.

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During the 7/22 flooding event a pump ran backwards. You can't make this stuff up.

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That doesn't mean it pumped water backwards, just means the pump impeller was rotating backwards. This happens on three phase motors that have two legs wired our of phase.

Problem is, this is the first thing you do before starting up a pump after installation, is you bump rotation. If backwards, the you flip two wire and check again......

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So, Landrieu is the president of the board?

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He's the President and he also appointed all the Board members.

Fricking Banana Republics are run better than NOLA.

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"The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans' eleven member Board of Directors consists of the Mayor, two representatives of the Board of Liquidation, and eight citizen members, of which five represent council districts, one at-large representative, and two consumer advocates.

Citizen members are appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council from a list of nominees submitted by a Selection Committee comprised of representatives from the following organizations: Dillard University, Loyola University, Tulane University, Xavier University, Delgado Community College, University of New Orleans, Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce, and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans.

Citizen members are required to be registered voters in Orleans Parish, shall have been a domiciliary of Orleans Parish for two years previous to their appointment, shall have experience in either architecture, environmental quality, finance, accounting, business administration, engineering, law, public health, urban planning, facilities management, public administration, science, construction, business management, community or consumer advocacy, or other pertinent disciplines, and their appointment shall reflect the gender and racial diversity of our city. Two citizen members shall be consumer advocates with community advocacy or consumer protection experience or experience in a related field."

they'd never collect against Nola. a judgment against Nola is a piece of paper

now, can insurance companies frick with the city's insurance policies as well as the policies of its citizens? yes...and they may