2024 Tropical Weather Thread

buzd said
SWB has antiquated power requirements, and until that is fixed, they are playing wack-a-mole and things aren't going to get better. The only thing that will fix it is money, and no one wants to pay for it.

And the Katrina money built a brand new infrastructure to dump the water into the lake, but if you can't get the water TO those pumps, they don't do you any good.

Someone going to pay for it. Because my fear now is FEMA going to take a harder look at the GNO area ( again ) and we either get this resolved or residents will end up paying 3x more than what they are now for flood insurance.
FEMA isnt going to wait 10 years to adjust. And for many, flood insurance costs are untenable as they currently are. another 50-100% increase....you get the picture.

he ( Lee ) did mention something about the "electricity requirement" since they were built in the 40s/50s. ( im guessing 220 vs 110 or something along those lines ) and how the City has known this issue for over 30 years and how they should have asked the Feds for additional $$$s post Katrina to figure out a solution to that issue.

Bruce Katz kept saying "the folks paying that high property tax in New ORleans...." and followed with " i live in Jefferson, but have friends and family in GNO so i know what they pay"