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		jayess on April 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sink... New Orleans is sinking at a rate of up to 2 inches per year: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6513

selimthegrim on April 19, 2019 [–]

1) They certainly don’t blame lack of silt 2) There’s a new power plant going up at Michoud (albeit a bad idea for other reasons)

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