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Water pumps keep New Orleans afloat amid historic flood
New Orleans relies on 21 pumping stations and 200 miles of canals to drain 11.6 inches of rain over eight hours. 103 million dollars in metropolitan damage, 71,500 homes and 7,500 businesses damaged citywide. pumps moved 1 billion gallons an hour, lifting water 10 to 12 feet to Lake Pontchartrain.
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Sun
New Orleans
Bourbon Street
Charlie Hartman
French Quarter
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Ariz
Sewerage and Water Board of
Orleans
A. Baldwin Wood
Zuyder Zee
Carter