Pushed by high winds, waters are slamming the west side of the floodwall in the Industrial Canal, with water lapping over. The west side of the floodwall faces into the Ninth Ward.

Standing atop the Claiborne Bridge, white caps raged in the canal and tested the strength of the floodwall.

The water in the canal is high due to storm surge pushing water into the Industrial Canal.    Posing additional problems, unlike the London Avenue, the 17th Street and the Orleans Avenue Canal, there is no gate that the Army Corps of Engineers can close to stop additional water from being pushed inside.

When the winds shift later, the waters will test the east side of the canal, where the walls ruptured during Hurricane Katrina flooding the Lower Ninth Ward.

4 Comments

susan benton said:

Mike,

Did you get your directions mixed up. The west side of the industrial canal will not affect the lower ninth. I think. Wouldn't it be the east side of the industrial canal breaking that would affect the lower ninth.

September 1, 2008 9:56 AM

judy Allen said:

the lower ninth ward is located on the east side of the canal. The floodwall ruptured there during katrina.which side is flooding?

September 1, 2008 10:04 AM

Gentilly Guy said:

The east side of the Industrial Canal faces the Lower Ninth Ward, the west side faces the upper Ninth Ward, Bywater, Gentilly (further north), etc. I think Mike has it backwards.

September 1, 2008 10:12 AM

Gentilly Guy said:

Whoops, sorry Mike! You've got it right.

September 1, 2008 10:15 AM

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