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But please dont come on here bashing this company because if it wasn't for us, you could quadruple the loss of life in Southeast Louisiana. Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority West and East was and still is the best thing ever that happened to Southeast Louisiana. As a former MEO2 for this company, I can vouch for them by saying that this new system is the best ever. We are in better hands now than even before. So to my fellow coworkers and directors, Im forever grateful to you for what you do everyday, and every storm season. I love you guys. Keep protecting our city and our people to the best of your ability that is all we ask. And to the people of Orleans Parish get on your mayor's back side to get the most important essentials done. Hurricane protection being number one. If not you WILL see a Katrina part 2. I put that on my dying breath with 1000% certainty. Get on bored or get flooded again. 🙏✌️

Just like dubai man made island, the coastline should be backfilled.

Can the government put out a 50-year massive project to backfill the coastline along the great wall?

I've fished here in Chalmette. I was at LSU and we rented Kayak from LSU Rec center and drove an hour to here. I paddled over 10 miles that day when I went to trace back on google earth. We started out catching nothing but then one boat was killing them on white lures. So I asked them for a few, my friends were too scared to ask. I ended up catching like 12 speckled trout. My friends caught nothing. I had so much weight in my kayak that you can see the opening in the gate. Well, there is a strong current that goes through it. Very strong. I couldn't paddle against it with as much weight as I had. Too strong of a current to get to other side. So I straddled the sides where the current is weaker where it had infinite barnacles all on the wall. Ended up slicing my hand in 100 different places trying to straddle that wall to get to the other side. Current was still too strong, so a boat that had a motor going through tossed my some rope and I held on as they pulled me through. Between that and paddling over 10 miles that day in a heavy kayak as well as very sunburnt out there 8+ hours with no hat, shades or sunscreen, I was so fricking tired. I then had to drive an hour after that back to BR. It was all worth it for those 12 trout though. Definitely something you only do in college but don't have patience or energy for after.

So in a way its pointless since the city is incapable of it's 100+ yr old pump system running, not to mention keeping catch basins clear. They have a hard enough time keeping the water pressure steady. It seems like control of s&wb needs to be passed on to the water authority too. Or at minimum split into reg service and flood control. I'm just thinking off the top of my head but haven't they been given money several times to upgrade the pumps. Today 7 pumps, and at least 1 turbine not working

It's a trap waiting to happen. One tsunami 🌊 and all kind of water will fill and be stuck in New Orleans

My brain ruminates on ideas like this. This is only two miles...What if we built one that went 2000 miles...from Texas, around Florida, to Maine...from San Diego to Seattle...make the barrier 100 feet wide with a highway on top and charge a fee to travel the span. It would pay for itself if you could pay 100 bucks to travel from NY to Miami in 12 hours, no traffic, and a rest stop every 100 miles or so...put strategic ports near every big city with rail lines to and from the land. Imagine the fishing industry building platforms just inside the barrier, paying a fee to be there, but able to build facilities to support their industry. Wave power generation on the outside could be implemented. Solar along the entire span...even windmills could be incorporated into the design and used to power the port facilities, the roadways and sell power back to land.

I used to work for the Westbank division in Marrero as a MEO2 for 4 years. It was definitely bitter sweet leaving the levee board mainly because of the good people I've met along the way and the fact that I actually loved what I did and the major roll we all played in helping our community. But the Westbank location isn't where it's at. They have a problem with retaliation and civil service don't do anything for the employee's protection on the job, supposedly one of the reasons they exist. So it was best that I part ways. It was almost as if the supervisor and the person at civil service were buddy buddy or something, but yall know how that goes. If you're not apart of the "Click" and don't join them at the PGA Golf Tournament games in Avondale or go fishing with the big wigs you don't have a chance and don't mean a damn thing to them. It suck that the agency hired and actually depends on this dude to run their crews when other employees there with more experience can do the job more efficiently and professionally. Maybe one day if that guy leaves or gets fired from his job there, I may try to come back. I do miss it thats for sure, but I definitely don't miss the bs.

thats awesome, i actually helped to build this project as a surveyor.

You’re screwed if you don’t get in in time.

WOW! Wooooooooow

What would native Americans think. Crazy European white eye

Know.it.alls.you.know.nothing

Does it keep illegal immigrants out?

Should have let Japan build it

It’s made out of paper mache

Global warming? Build the wall! Make Mother Nature pay for it!

We shall see.

So they told me

Aka great wall of china

I have preached to everyone that KY. Coal mines are filling up the valleys with rock that has.been removed from the coal. Why can't we use this rock to rebuild the coast and stop filling up these valleys?

Good Engg application 👍 ....One mountain lost.... Nature is angry ... 🤢🤯🌪️🌀🌊🌬️⚡⛄🌋🏜️ Why not go for fumdi -> hycianth -> slag band ramp waste land fill.🍃🌴🌳🌱🌲🌍🌎🌏 Real estate needs economy+ ecosystem integrative development.📊📈📉⛰️🏝️🐢🦚🐛🦋🐟🦅

Katrina's threshold.

That won't hold.

A modern marvel.

Hmmm

Just a matter of time now.

Let it flood its not financially sound to maintain a city below sea level

It's flawed and sinking already

Your video brings so much interesting, thanks!

I think this video deserves a "like" from everyone who lives behind that flood protection system.

About DAME TIME we got what we needed for Years shame so many people had to Die before we the people of New Orleans got what we needed I guess when Gas,Oil went through the Roof that's when the U.S Government decided to give to us the people where they get their oil and gas from

Has OSHA seen this?

The police are under paid they deserve better

i love the medieval simplicity in its design... i only wish it were bigger! does it not leak slowly underneath?