1:00 today Wednesday, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct press conference to release 100-year risk maps and cost information

Good news – so far the Corps of Engineers have successfully conducted pump tests on the 17th Street Outfall Canal & h passed with flying colors. I have attached the link to some cool videos and I have the following statements (exclusively) regarding the videos:

Update


Video#1
Segment 1: Fourteen portable pumps in a
successful test at the 17th Street
Outfall Canal Interim Closure Structure (Aug. 18,
2007)

Segment 2. Three direct drive pumps successfully
tested at the 17th Street
Outfall Canal Interim Closure Structure (Aug. 17,
2007).

Video #2
Eleven direct drive pumps being tested at the
17th Street Outfall Canal
Interim closure Structure (Aug. 20, 2007)
(c/p at NOLA.com)