| New Orleans survived the storm surge and winds of Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall on Monday, September 1, 2008. |
| Our Dixie City Tour includes a narrated drive by of the new engineering in place since Hurricane Katrina. Plus a description of our plans for further strengthening our protection from future hurricane winds and/or storm surge. |
Few problems with levees, Corps of Engineers says
Overall, the corps said Gustav caused minimal damage to the ongoing $14.8 billion construction project to build a
robust levee system for greater New Orleans.
"The whole system ran for 36 hours," said Randy Cephus, a corps spokesman. "The system performed."
The massive pumps installed at drainage canals after Hurricane Katrina to pump water from the city into Lake
Pontchartrain did not fail.
Hurricane Gustav toppled some of
the brickwork near the roof of the
former Karnofsky music store (&
taylor shop) at 427-431 S. Rampart
St., but it did not appear to have
rendered the building as a whole
unstable.
- The Times-Picayune
the brickwork near the roof of the
former Karnofsky music store (&
taylor shop) at 427-431 S. Rampart
St., but it did not appear to have
rendered the building as a whole
unstable.
- The Times-Picayune
The Karnofsky family provided both employment and hospitality to a young
Louis Armstrong. Louis grew up in the neighborhood, which was then know
as "back-of-town". Louis occasionally wore the Star of David in
remembrance of the care given to him by the Jewish Karnofsky family.
Louis Armstrong. Louis grew up in the neighborhood, which was then know
as "back-of-town". Louis occasionally wore the Star of David in
remembrance of the care given to him by the Jewish Karnofsky family.
| 2009 Hurricane Season Meteorologists report that there are no active storms off the coast of Africa. |
| HURRICANE IKE Although IKE did cause significant flooding in parts of Louisiana, the New Orleans areas was largely unaffected. A number of homes were flooded by IKE. |