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Hurricane Georges Essay, Research Paper

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 on its residents

since as early as 1718. A year after

New Orleans was laid out, a low levee had to be

constructed. As the city grew, the need

for a better levee system has been a lasting issue. The

levees were built taller and

stronger, but hurricanes in 1915 and 1947 flooded the city

killing about 200 and 47

people. The current hurricane protection system was

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