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Discover LudwigThe phrase "after levee" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a time or event following a levee, but without additional context, its meaning is ambiguous.
Example: "The community gathered for a celebration after levee, marking the end of the flood season."
Alternatives: "following the levee" or "post-levee".
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Glover was shot outside a strip mall being guarded by police four days after levee failures during HurricaneKatrina led to catastrophic flooding, covering 80percentt of the city in water, knocking out all utilities and leaving tens of thousands stranded — some in their homes, some on rooftops amid the flooding, and many in the Superdome and the New Orleans convention center.
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After "Levees" came out, I was having a meeting at the Regency hotel and he happened to be staying there.
"You learn painful lessons when you forget where you live," she said, noting that 1,800 people died, many from drowning, after levees were breached in 52 places during Katrina.
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was in New Orleans on Monday, and after Levees.org mailed her photos of the leaks and ducks swimming in pooled water on road nearby, Landrieu's office said that the Senator would be in contact with the New Orleans Corps office to make sure they were addressing the issue.
After the levee broke around 4 a.m.
After the levee was breached in May, a flood threat to the downstream city of Monroe subsided.
That morning we had been nervous, crossing the open water of the choppy lake that would flood our house two days later after a levee had collapsed.
The floodwaters that rushed in after a levee broke on an irrigation canal early Saturday had largely receded in her one-story rental, but they left a sty of stained furniture, soaked power strips and damaged computer parts.
The situation was perhaps most dire in New Orleans, where officials were drawing up plans to evacuate thousands who had gathered at the Superdome, which now was surrounded by floodwaters, after the levee protecting the city was breached in several locations.
Furthermore, with respect to engineering practice, the numerical solutions can give special guidance to the effects of parameters such as the flood depth at different sites and the inundated area at different time periods after the levee breach and the travel time of the flood waves, which may be very important for practicing engineers in an efficient flood management.
These are things that come to mind, but overall I've gotten less prickly seven years after the levee breaches.
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