Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190713:15:24:00
And that's going to be the key. here's the thing, new orleans under normal circumstances acts like a colander you would cook pasta in. rain comes down. it has an exit point that it can come out from, in the form of flood gates or the pumps that are there. the pumps have limits. the pumps can only punch out 1 inch an hour for the first hour and a 1/2 inch every hour after that. the problem is for hurricane barry, they're expected to get 2 to 3 inches an hour, coming down across the city. that's too much for the pumps to be able to handle. the flood gates, which would be another way for that wat...