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Bay Area Can Control Storm Surge
Published: Sept. 13, 2005

Engineers say that a flood similar to the one that drowned New Orleans is unlikely. Levees in the Tampa Bay area don't play as crucial a role in protecting Bay area cities as those in New Orleans. Bay area levees are adjuncts to other flood-control structures.

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