Joseph Suhayda Water Quotations

Anything above a couple of feet per second is extremely difficult to wade in. To operate a boat in anything close to 10 to 15 feet per second is extremely difficult. Being in (that kind of) water is tantamount to being dead.

You could have done it in one year. The breach that occurred in one corner of the city basically spread throughout the whole city. Why? Why allow the water to move through the whole thing, including the French Quarter that was miles and miles away.