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Essay Galaxy - Hurricane Georges
Hurricane Georges
A very massive group of levees may be all that
is in the way of lower lying New
Orleans and destruction with a visit from Hurricane
Georges. Without the levee system
and concrete flood walls Georges could have catastrophic
effects in New Orleans. But
with this man-made hurricane protection system protecting
the city people. New
Orleans is spared the casualties and damage past storms
have wrought. The levee system
is important because the city is like a saucer 6 feet below
sea level and is surrounded by
lakes, swamps, marshes and the Mississippi River. The fact
is, we are living in a large,
shallow bowl with a levee around it,'' said Oliver Houck, a
Tulane University law
professor whose major is water resources. The New Orleans
area and location have
allowed hurricanes and floods to prey ....
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Number Of Words: 2006 |
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