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Floodgates were planned for [[New Orleans]] to curtail flood damage from hurricanes. | Floodgates were planned for [[New Orleans]] to curtail flood damage from hurricanes. | ||
| − | + | {{quotebox|“The floodgates would have blocked the flow of water from the [[Gulf of Mexico]], through [[Lake Borgne]], through the Rigolets [and Chef Mentuer] into [[Lake Pontchartrain]],” declared Professor Gregory Stone, the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University.<ref> [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=3C240039-FEA6-49D2-A5C5-6C41CF9263A8 New Orleans: A Green Genocide]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 14:07, June 18, 2008
Floodgates were planned for New Orleans to curtail flood damage from hurricanes.
{{quotebox|“The floodgates would have blocked the flow of water from the Gulf of Mexico, through Lake Borgne, through the Rigolets [and Chef Mentuer] into Lake Pontchartrain,” declared Professor Gregory Stone, the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University.[1]