Rebuilt levees leave some out of loop
Push afoot to extend shield beyond New Orleans
Posted: September 30, 2012 at 4:08 a.m.
An inspector checks a New Orleans floodgate that helped keep out flooding from Hurricane Isaac. Those outside the New Orleans levee system are asking for flood-control measures as well.
Hurricane Isaac may have proved a successful test for the 840,000 people inside the New Orleans hurricane protection system, the 133 miles of levees, floodgates and walls that surround the city and parts of four parishes like a fortress. But the storm highlighted the vulnerability of more than 200,000 people just beyond the system.
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