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I agree. Although Katrina may not have directly caused the flooding, it is a result of the fact that much of the city is under water and depends on levees to stay dry. When the levees are compromised (for any reason), the city goes under water. Miami comes to mind too because it is a city with an average elevation of only 6 feet.
Flooding in New Orleans has little to do with sea level and moreso to do with it being in a bowl. The only time the levees actually do anything is during a storm surge. 90% of the time they do very little in terms of keeping us dry. Houston is inland and above sea level and floods just as much as NOLA does. Where did you get the idea that most of the city is under water anyway?
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Originally Posted by GLS2010
New Orleans however has many areas UNDER sea level. If any city is going to be underwater its New Orleans.
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300 years + 4 hurricanes / and we're still here.
Levees didn't come until say 60 years ago.
Flooding in New Orleans has little to do with sea level and moreso to do with it being in a bowl. The only time the levees actually do anything is during a storm surge. 90% of the time they do very little in terms of keeping us dry. Houston is inland and above sea level and floods just as much as NOLA does. Where did you get the idea that most of the city is under water anyway?
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300 years + 4 hurricanes / and we're still here.
Levees didn't come until say 60 years ago.
Don't you just love the media.
I understand what your saying, but if I had to choose one city that I think is MOST prone to flooding (like this threads asks) then I'd have to pick NOLA. It's in a bowl that goes below sea level. It already had one of the worst floods in US history.
Miami is not as flood prone as everyone thinks. It is a huge misconception. Miami gets a lot of rain it is a tropical climate but yet you do not see the floods you see in Midwest that you see in Miami. Why? First a lot of Miami is on limestone so that water just goes right through the ground into underground rivers.
Second you have many canals which flow water into the everglades and bay. So water flows into the everglades and bays, ocean. Miami is flat which actually makes it easier for the water to flow naturally through the area instead of being stuck.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Fargo, ND were practically flooded out not a short time ago. St Paul and Minneapolis are situated so that if there was a big enough rise in the Mississippi large areas would be hurt badly. I don't know anything about St Louis but seeing how it too is on the Mississippi, I'd have to wager a guess that it isn't immune to floods, either. Same with Kansas City and the Missouri River. Also if there was a freak storm on lake Michigan, chicago and milwaukee could be put unde water seeing how they're flat as a pancake. And Madison, WI is built on an isthmus between two lakes. We're all screwed!!! Don't live near water!
First City You Think To Literally Go Underwater Forever BY A Natural Disaster?
Houston
Miami
New Orleans
Tampa
New York
Jacksonville
Chose Miami because every Hurricane it floods. Even Thunderstorms sometime flood parts of the city.
Just thought it be interesting to see what everyone thinks. Kinda watched the "It COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW" segment on the weather channel and found if a catastrophic hurricane hit New York directly it could be devastating.
Miami has the Everglades so that the additional flood water can run off there,maybe a few drowned gators.Miami Beach is a different story.
Miami has the Everglades so that the additional flood water can run off there,maybe a few drowned gators.Miami Beach is a different story.
Miami floods regardless. All the water will not just run off to the everglades during a Hurricane. Said that as though the everglades would be protected from any additional rainwater from a storm.
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