Sandbags and More

Sandbags and More
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At the Governor's 2 p.m. emergency ops news conference, an official announced that: the Corps of Engineers has in fact been dropping sandbags into the 17th st Canal floodwall breach. Additionally, she said, a private firm has been contracted to drop interlocking steel sheets into the breach. An access road is being built along the canal to allow more precise dropping of sandbags. The breach will not be fully healed, she added, so that, as lake water drops, flood water may flow back from the city into the lake.

UPDATE; Gov Blanco quotes security officials as asking the media to stop reporting gunfire inside the Superdome, emphasizing that everyone inside the Dome was screened for weapons and drugs before gaining admission. She quotes security officials as describing the situation inside the Dome as "calm".

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