Air-dropping dams after levees break
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2007
- Dams formed of metal tripods and self-filling water bladders could be air-dropped to rapidly repair levees breached by storm damage, say US government researchers.
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ten years later.. wow RIP to all who lost their lives here in New Orleans. this city is so strong and United..
oh yeah those helicopters won't have any trouble flying in hurricane winds...
Katrina flooding got worse well after the storm moved through. Of course we’d be using military helicopters which fly in horrible winds same as coast guard.
Or yall can just move... Just a thought
@@xzaticwave3000 Most of the people in the lower ninth ward couldn't even afford to evacuate, and quite a few didn't even have cars, so do you really expect them to just be able to go move to another place?
@@Username-2 Do you really think a 60-something-year-old with health issues is going to be able to walk, like 40 miles in September?
@@Username-2 They just didn't even bring in buses until after the hurricane had already hit.
When the levee breaks i have no place to stay
Thanks for the spot, QuarksAreStrange. That's now fixed. I dunno, I take one day off...
Michael Marshall, online editorial assistant
The State of Louisiana (and the Federa Govt) should buy up the lowest-lying ground near the levees, tear down the buildings, and turn it into a park where buiding will be forbidden.
Link and voice over missing, looks interesting though.
pretty cool how long will it last a week or 2
Great video 👍👍
This is a fairly decent idea. Helicopters do fly in hurricanes. It's part of what the Coast Guard does for a living. This is actually a pretty decent idea. That would sure as heck beat out dropping hundreds of sand bags - this seems as if it might be a little faster.
wow...that will take forever for the wall to be ready
yea, right.
brilliant idea. I wonder if this idea has been utilized to help prevent this tragedy from ever happening again?
Until you realize that helicopters wouldn’t do so well in hurricane like winds
wow that is pretty clever
plugging a natural waterflow while the water is moving is nearly impossible even if you planned it
Expertise without explanation...valid argument
That was freaking cool to see " they did that 👍
Who else came here because they thought this was Led Zeppelins music...
@thnkredd Which no one listened to the warning. And I live in New Orleans just to let you know.
Well said.. Although, the idea is still a bit farfetched.
nope, a perfect circle got me here
Was that a giant tampon?!
One needs A really large chopper to keep A raging North Sea out.But this could work for beaverdams.
Lean overflowin like New Orleans broken levees!
Juicy J
To those saying that everyone should leave N.O. - get a clue. Tell people in Cali to get out because of the wild fires and earth quakes. Tell farmers in the mid-west to stop growing their crops because of the flooding/tornadoes. Tell people from up north to move because of the snow storms. Tell people in the north west to move because of the rain/depression/suicide rate. No matter where you go, there's going to be SOMETHING. At least with hurricanes there's a warning.
Can't you see? People are not meant to live near the lake. It was a flood zone in the first place, and it's sunk 15 feet thanks to the artificial drainage.
The area needs to be cleared of all residents. When it floods again it's going to be more extensive. Not IF, but WHEN.
how many people thought it was a led zeppelin song with a clever decription?
Indeed I have, got my name down for tickets too :D
Don't you think they migh have thought of that? They're smarter than you give them credit for.
Pretty sure the levees went after the storm..
The levee`s /levee walls failed after Hurricane Katrina moved north of lake Ponchartrain.Itwas bright and sunny when it first happened.The storm surge came back towards nola through the out fall canals.Once the levee walls failed the water started to rise, flooding 80% of Orleans
i was expecting led zeppelin in the background
When the levee breaks by led zeppelin needs to be the audio for this video
Its like a tampon!!!!
Aw I thought this was gonna be Led Zep..
Can't you use a million packs of Bounty kitchen roll?
You need a 53 for that job
Those hueys can’t pick shit up
@monnnat a huge tampon
Hey just flying ma chopperz in cat 5 hurricanes, yo.
All of the water would have been gone out by then
See now in canada the water would freeze before it got to us ;)
So did I! Have you heard about the re-union?
Or, or, or, maybe we could stop building and developing in well known river flood plains, right on the estuaries, on river deltas, and putting cities below sea level and then being appalled when our puny “protection” falls apart. For centuries indigenous peoples around the world knew better.
@Renegade23456 come on its not that cold lol
Ok, so this demonstrates an idea. But offers no engineering details as to what, materials, specs, limitations. Theory vs practice. So what?
i just think in led zeppelin
lol... so Let's just pretend this works 99.999% on complete deployment. Who is going to pilot a helicopter in a hurricane with a huge weight and wind gusting at it? Or are we also going to pretending that the levee will only breaks at time without wind?
Why did teh government let peopel live there then? If it was obviously a non stabel place to live. 3/4 of it is swamp.
Good old American ingenuity is great, but sometimes you just gotta swallow your pride and call in the Dutch.