Here’s another article, this one from the Deseret Morning News, regarding relief efforts taking place right here in Utah…
Hope this helps people to know that something positive is coming out of this whole mess…
With assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers, repairs have been completed to the 17th Street Canal breach, responsible for the post-Hurricane Katrina deluge into New Orleans, the state Department of Transportation and Development announced during its mid-day briefing.
The next step, transportation public affairs officer Cleo Allen said, is to get the floodwater out of the city. Authorities said the Mounes Pumping station has power and they expect to start it up this afternoon.
“We will get the smaller pumps, which should dry out the larger pumps,’’ he said.
Authorities are uncertain about the condition of the 17th Street Canal pumps, and Corps engineers are trying to determine whether the canal’s walls are stable, Allen said. “When that happens we will have considerable more capacity,’’ he said.
Crews will move next to the London Avenue canal, he said.
For the curious, if you didn’t know already, the pumping stations are those buildings sitting cross-wise across the canals.
CNN keeps showing a shot of one canal, the 17th Street, I think, with a white building sitting sideways over it, as if it is perched sideways on the canal walls. That white building is a pumping station. If you get a closer view, you can see pipes coming out one side.
Holland apparently offered assistance in the form of hydraulic engineers and pumps, etc. I hope we take them up on it.