Corps rethinking floodgate plans

A massive floodgate blocking waterways that converge near the Paris Road bridge would almost certainly prevent the kind of storm surge that blew apart the Industrial Canal during Hurricane Katrina, killing hundreds. But what if the gate just sloshes more ruinous surges into St. Bernard Parish and eastern New Orleans?

That concern has federal officials reconsidering plans for a Paris Road gate to plug a glaring hole in the region's hurricane defenses, an area east of New Orleans dubbed "the funnel."
from The Times Picayune