How the levees held

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🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, August 29. The powerful storm grew to Category 4 by the time it crashed into the coast, and with a storm this strong, one big question was on everybody’s mind: Will the levees hold this time? They did, and here to explain how they worked is Associated Press reporter Jeff Amy (@jeffamy). Jeff wrote an explainer about the new levee system in New Orleans. And you can find additional coverage of Hurricane Ida at apnews.com. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Rani Molla (@ranimolla) Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.8	Hercane item made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, August 29th, 16 years to the day after
0:55.0	Hurricane Katrina.
0:56.8	Within hours, the Category 4 storm tore down every electrical tower in New Orleans, plunging
1:01.4	the city into darkness.
1:03.3	And the biggest question on everybody's mind was, will the levees hold this time?
1:07.8	The house I grew up and actually backed up to the levee along the Mississippi.
1:12.6	And when you live in New Orleans or in South Louisiana, it's really flat.
1:16.5	So the levee is the only thing that is like a hill.
1:19.4	In the spring time when the water was high, you could see the ships floating by at a level
1:24.6	that was obviously higher than your house.
1:27.4	Jeff Ami is a reporter at the Associated Press who's been covering Ida, specifically
1:31.4	how the levees have been doing.
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