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Know. But there were bayous through out the area when they got here and the meterie and the bayou merged. They were dammed up. As a child, growing up in the city, i remember the fight for dry land. There were open ditches in the cities, at that time, they were gradually filled in and covered up. I can remember, i used to do a lot of walking on the levees at that time. Were talking back in the 50s and 6 os and they gradually got higher and higher and higher so you couldnt even see the water anymo...

How much of that goes past this room and is penetrated the city, that remains to be seen. St. Bernard parish twice voted down a tax to pay for the Operations Maintenance of the brandnew levee system. If they can do that in st. Bernard parish, and everybody here probably knows every single home in st. Bernard parish was underwater. Everyone of them. If they can do it in st. Bernard, and expect taxpayers around the country or in shreveport come on. St. Bernard had a special problem. Because of the...