Groo, it didn't happen like that. the geography is all wrong. The 17th street canal divides Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. And the lower 9 is across the city from Lakeview. The water rushed from Lakeview (right by Lake Ponchatrain) through the city and further into the lower 9. The reason the Quarter didn't flood is because it is a natural high point, that's why Iberville and Bienville Le Moyne decided to put the city there back in 1718. Also the problem was with the lake, not the river. They did dynamite levees in 1927 to save the city but that was to ease pressure on the river. and they sacrificed sparsely populates Plaquemines parish, not crowded neighborhoods. If this alleged incident occurred, it would be trying to lower an 800 square mile lake into a 25 square mile city. Sorry, but the math and maps don't agree .

Peanut