Have the levees in New Orleans been fixed?

Question

Have the levees in New Orleans been fixed?

Answer 1

No - Gustav could be dreadful.  Mayor Nagin stated that he is cautiously optimistic, but he has no way of knowing if the levees will hold.  The Army Corps of Engineers are working feverishly to shore up the levees.

"This is the mother of all storms," New Orleans hurricane-weary Mayor Ray Nagin told a press conference. "This storm is so powerful and growing more powerful every day that I'm not sure we've seen anything like it."

Nagin made it clear he wanted the entire city of New Orleans evacuated by Sunday.

"We want everybody... we want 100 percent evacuation," he said. "If you decide to stay, you are on your own."

"But whether it is a Category 4 or 5, it is extremely dangerous either way," National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecaster Chris Landsea told AFP by phone.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal minced no words Saturday, warning that Gustav could cause "flooding that is worse than what we saw with Katrina."

Answer 2

nope, they are suppose to be done by 2011.

Answer 3

they are in process of getting them fixed, however right now they are only at about 50% so when this new storm rolls in they will be destroyed again

Answer 4

No. It's going to flood again, you can count on it. and the same people left stranded there before will be the same old fools they always have been.