Media Damage Reports

[Sam Sagnella]

If you can find any credible and informative news articles about what sort of damage has occurred, post them here.

CNN: Rita's Impact, City by City

 

[Angela Brasher]

Rita damage in Texas


http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news...mage.8ca30.html

 

[David Schuttler]

Streaming aerial views of coastline from KHOU mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou

 

[B Ozanne]

I'm on the road right now and don't have time to look at all these links. If you could provide a link and a short summary that would be great.

Does anybody know the situation with Lake Livingston? I heard that emergency water releases were occuring to avoid the overtopping of the damn.

 

[Anastasia]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/m...politan/3368309

Quote:

Sept. 24, 2005, 6:14PM
Dam damage forces evacuation on Trinity
By ALLAN TURNER and ZEKE MINAYA
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Trinity River Authority began releasing massive amounts of water from Lake Livingston northeast of Houston today in a frantic effort to lower the lake level after Hurricane Rita's winds and tropical waves dislodged part of the earthen dam's protective shield of boulders.

Riverside residents from Polk County to the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated from their homes because of flooding expected to occur in the river's flood plain. While river authority emergency management director Spencer Karr said the dam did not appear in immediate danger of failing, he said engineers thus far have not been able to determine the severity of the damage.

The release of 80,000 cubic feet of water per second, a process that should continue through Monday, will allow a thorough examination of the damaged structure, Karr said.


The emergency release of water was the first in the 85,000-acre lake's history.

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