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New Orleans Officials Reveal Floodpumps Couldn't Handle Weekend Floodwaters

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published August 7, 2017 at 10:38 AM EDT
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17th Street Pump Station, New Orleans, LA
17th Street Pump Station, New Orleans, LA
Credit Courtesy: US Army Corps of Engineers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some New Orleans officials say they're not satisfied with the city's response to weekend flooding after Saturday’s  heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city's pump stations.    According to  Local news media,  the city council will meet Tuesday to seek answers about the pumping system.   Some neighborhoods saw between 8 and 10 inches of rain over a few hours Saturday.   At a news conference Sunday,  Deputy  Mayor  Ryan  Berni told  TV Station  WWL  the cities pump stations were all operating but their pumping capacity could only move so much water per hour.  The city has no immediate plans to request an emergency declaration from the state, but that could change as the city collects more information on flood damage. More heavy rain is predicted for Monday afternoon.

New Orleans Flooding, August 5, 2017
Credit Courtesy - Times Picayune via AP

New Orleans Deputy Mayor Ryan Berni explains to reporters that the city's pumps were functioning at capacity during Saturday's flooding.
Credit Courtesy: WWL TV, New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some New Orleans officials say they're not satisfied with the city's response to weekend flooding after Saturday’s heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city's pump stations.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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