In other words, it was not a levee break.
Heard this on NPR's Morning Edition this morning. Here's a link to the audio story.
I gotta say, this makes total sense. Pictures of the two breaches in the Industrial Canal showed water flowing out of the Ninth Ward into the canal. For a week and a half I've been wondering where the water came from.
Pictures of the Industrial Canal breaches (thanks to
www.kathryncramer.com for collecting some of these images):
These two breaches are not far from each other on the Industrial Canal leading to Lake P.
Overhead image of the 1st picture above:
What's my point? I'm not sure. More of an "aha!" than anything else. Go listen to the story.