THERE?
HEY GUYS. SO THE LATEST NOW THE PUBLIC STATION I BROUGHT TO YOU THE WORLD’S LARGEST PUMPING STATION HERE THE WEST CLOSURE
COMPLEX. THEY FINALLY TURNED OFF THOSE PUMPS AND THEY’VE BEEN ON THERE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR AND WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY TURN THEM ON THE INTERESTING THING TO NOTE. THIS
IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE WEST CLOSURE COMPLEX HAS ACTIVATED THESE PUMPS SINCE 2012 IS THE FIRST TIME FOR HURRICANE ISAAC THEN THEY’VE DONE IT AGAIN TODAY. THIS HAPPENED LITERALLY
JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT WE SHOT EARLIER HERE. SO WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS ALL THE WATER BEING PUMPED OUT OF THE AREA BASICALLY. SO WHAT
HAPPENS HER IS ALL THAT RUNOFF BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY FROM THE WEST BANK 80% OF THE THE STREET RUNOFF WATER RUNOFF WATER COMES IN THIS AREA AND THEN IT GETS AND THEN RELEASE BACK TO THE
VIDEO YOU’RE SEEING IS THE WATER BEING RELEASED BACK INTO THE GULF ESSENTIALLY PROTECTING THE CITY THE PROTECTED SIDE. SO IT KEEPS HIS WATER LEVELS DOWN AND I SPOKE WITH THE FLOOD
PROTECTION AUTHORITY GUYS EARLIER TODAY IF YOU SAW IF YOU DIDN’T BUT THEY BASICALLY EXPLAINED WHY THEY DID IT AND IT REALLY IS TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THIS STORM AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS EARLIER, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST THE CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO AND LIVE IN SOUTHEAST, LOUISIANA SO OUT HERE TO STAY SAFE WITH THIS NAME IS MAKING SURE THAT
THEY DROPPED THAT BASIN IF YOU WILL HEAR OF COMPLETE FOOT AND THEY WER ABLE TO DO THAT. THIS PLACE IS SO LARGE THA LITERALLY IT COULD PUMP IT COULD RATHER FILL AN OLYMPIC-SIZED POOL IN
THREE SECONDS. THAT’S HOW POWERFUL THIS PUMPING STATION IS, BUT EARLY I JUST WANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE I MYSELF WILL TALKING TO THESE GUYS EARLIER. I HAD TO GET THE
FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORIT EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY. WHAT’S A IS IS THE CANAL S THE CANALS RUNNING TOGETHER AND IT’S THAT HARVEY CANAL THAT’S RUNNING TOGETHER AND THE FLOOD
PROTECTION AUTHORITY GUYS.
THEY’RE TELLING ME SO THE WATER THAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE. THIS IS INSIDE OF THIS IS THE RUN OFF THE STREET RUNOFF WATER FROM THE STORMS THAT YOU SEE SO WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE THE WATER THE
DRAINING SYSTEM IT THIS IS WHERE IT COMES OUT 80% OF THE WEST BANK. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE WATER GETS PLACED INTO AND SO WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW IS BECAUSE OF SO MUCH WATER HAS COME IN WE
EXPERIENCE THA THEY LOSE A FEW A FEW DAYS AGO AND WE PREPARE FO STORM SURGE THAT WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL STORM SURGE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DROPPED IT ENOUGH SO THEY CAN SO THEY CAN HANDLE ALL OF THAT. SO THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THEY DROPPED IT A FOOT. SO ALL THAT GETS BROUGHT INTO THIS PUMPING
STATION HERE AT THE WEST CLOSURE GATE HERE AND THEN COME WITH ME OVER HERE. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU SAW THAT WATER BEING PUMPED OUT. IT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IT GETS PUMPED
RIGHT BACK OUT HERE AND THIS IS THE GULF. SO THAT’S WHERE A THAT WATER IS BEING PUSHED UP.
GET THE CITY IS PROTECTED. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THEY HAVE ACTIVATED THE PUMP HERE BEHIND ME. IT IS FINALLY TURNED OFF THEIR THEY RAN IT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
JUST MAKING SURE AGAIN THE LAST TIME THEY RAN THIS BUMP WAS 2012 HURRICANE ISAAC SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN BLESSED IN YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS EVERYWHERE, BUT A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN BLESSED SO FAR NOT SAYING THE EFFECTS THAT WE WERE THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR BUT OF COURSE, IT’S STILL THE AFTERNOON THE EVENING
STILL YOUNG SO BUT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS AND TALK TO FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY. IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THESE GUYS AND IN TO
FIND OUT BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW LOOK I OUR CITY DEALING WITH THE FLOODWATERS. THAT’S THE MAIN CONCERN THE STORM SURGE THE RAIN THOSE TWO BIG THINGS. SO IT’S REALLY NICE THAT FLIP TECTION
AUTHORITY IS ON TOP OF THIS STUFF, BUT JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE AND IF YOU DIDN’T GET THE CHANCE TO SEE WILL TRY TO GET IT UP ON THE WEB FOR YOU WDSU.COM, BUT THAT’S IT FOR NOW. WE’RE
GOING I GUESS WE’
GOING TO KIND OF HEAD OUT HERE. FAT TO ADMIT THIS BUT WAS LIKE, I’M COOL. I’M KIND OF COLD UP HERE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU’VE GOT THE RAIN COMING DOWN ITS KIND OF PELTING YOU WRITE IT AND THE RAIN HAS FIRST EARLY, BUT THESE GUSTS AS YOU’RE SEEING LIKE THE GUS COME THROUGH HERE AS I USE
MY HAIR AS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THIS STORY. BUT WHEN THE WHEN THE RING YOU GOT THE RAIN YOU GOT THE WIN IT DOES KIND OF CHILL YOU OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT DEFINITELY IT HAS LET UP AS
FAR AS THE RAIN IS CONCERNED, BUT THOSE WIND GUSTS AS YOU SEE YEAH