There's a whole bunch of lessons to be learned about the actual physical construction of this system. Do we even need canals? Why not just build 20-foot-wide pipelines to the lake to act as conduits for storm water? - Richard Wagenaar Quotes
There's a whole bunch of lessons to be learned about the actual physical construction of this system. Do we even need canals? Why not just build 20-foot-wide pipelines to the lake to act as conduits for storm water? Richard Wagenaar
 

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That is not true. The same process that was used to fix these breaches (at 17th Street and London Avenue) was used to fix the breaches in the Inner Harbor Canal. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

That is not true. The same process that was used to fix these breaches (at 17th Street and London Avenue) was used to fix the breaches in the Inner Harbor Canal.

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It's so dependent on the weather. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

It's so dependent on the weather.

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Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 days in the areas that have 20 feet of water. And we know we don't have perfect conditions. It rains an hour nearly every afternoon. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 days in the areas that have 20 feet of water. And we know we don't have perfect conditions. It rains an hour nearly every afternoon.

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There's still a significant amount of the city under water. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

There's still a significant amount of the city under water.

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It is gone. It is literally leveled in places. The power of the surge in this storm was greatly underestimated. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

It is gone. It is literally leveled in places. The power of the surge in this storm was greatly underestimated.

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 Power
It took a lot more sandbags than we thought. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

It took a lot more sandbags than we thought.

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I know people want to dump the blame on the corps, and that's fine with us, but there were a lot of design features we wanted on those canals that were ultimately accepted by sponsors. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

I know people want to dump the blame on the corps, and that's fine with us, but there were a lot of design features we wanted on those canals that were ultimately accepted by sponsors.

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 People
That clearly wasn't the case. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

That clearly wasn't the case.

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This system is run by multiple bureaucratic agencies with multiple levels run by multiple politicians, all patch-worked together. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

This system is run by multiple bureaucratic agencies with multiple levels run by multiple politicians, all patch-worked together.

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 Politicians
The enormity of the disaster is hard to put in words, especially if you've flown over the areas. - Richard Wagenaar Quotes

The enormity of the disaster is hard to put in words, especially if you've flown over the areas.

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 Disaster
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