Sept. 2004 -The City of New Orleans - W. P. Carey MBA - Executive Program - Arizona State University: T

W. P. Carey MBA - Executive Program - Arizona State University: The City of New Orleans:

"Go here to see a dynamic water-movement model based on NOAA's SLOSH modeling.

According to LSU's Hurricane Center Public Health research, the city could even be flooded by a slow-moving Category 2 hurricane.

The city of New Orleans, which is at or below sea-level in many areas, is sandwiched between levees from Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River to its south creating the “bowl” effect so often described. SLOSH and experimental ADCIRC model runs (see Experimental Storm Surge Models ) show that a slow-moving Category 3 hurricane or stronger could flood the bowl of New Orleans north of the Mississippi River, locally known as the East Bank. Experimental ADCIRC model runs generated during Tropical Storm Isidore (New Orleans, September 2002) have also revealed that the West Bank (south of the Mississippi River) could flood under conditions caused by a slow moving Category 2 storm.

Ivan is a Category 5 right now."