Matt McBride

Or City Hall.

It means there's a higher than average chance of another BWA until then, just as happened in Fontainebleau after the Claiborne failure.

"They" are not making anyone do anything. Tymrak is the no. 2 at the agency. She says her boss - who is also doing these videos - is in D.C. This is their choice. They think it is a good idea.
More importantly, it allows them to control the narrative.

This is untrue. Plenty have. Here's one in August 2024
www.swbno.org/PressRelease...

It could also be storage in advance of testing for the power complex, which still has a turbine and a frequency changer yet to be completed. S&WB frequently uses pumps at DPS 6 for such testing specifically because of the ability to store water upstream in this fashion.

Pump F (1000 cfs) at DPS 6, which this canal feeds, has been down for a while. This could be storage of water in advance of testing the repaired pump.

S&WB is pushing to expand that beyond the catch basin to include the entire gutter in front of a property.

There is absolutely no reason for Sewerage and Water Board to be adding areas like this so long after a break. They have tons of water pressure data at the moment the break happened from their new smart meter system. Whether they know how to extract that data in timely fashion ...

The passage below is a quote from the S&WB press release for today's South Claiborne water main break. What is strange is that S&WB appears to have gotten the size of the main wrong. Drawings for the project that replaced a portion of the same main 100 feet downstream show it is a 48" main, not 30".

The break appears to be just upstream of Louisiana Ave. The S&WB installed a new 48" water main from the downstream side of Louisiana down to 3rd St, so this break appears to be outside the scope of the $12 million project (which went six months long and incurred $800,000 in change orders).

"Put the city back together in the era of Reconstruction" He thinks the city was ruined under Union occupation during the Civil War?

Unfortunately, other than the levees, there is no opportunity for downhill, so everyone is stuck with slalom

Arresting journalists is so far over the line, the line isn't even a dot. It's just cosmic background radiation.

Unknown. However, it does appear there's some money behind the project. The applicant for this one is Heather Gorman. There is a Heather Gorman working as business manager at MetroStudio, who do adaptive reuse projects.
www.metrostudio.net/work/

Likely far more impactful would be a possible conversion of the seven-block long warehouse on Tchoup betw Louisiana and General Taylor from cargo handling to mixed retail. Unclear if their latest tenant would stay.

That tenant? U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who moved in last year.

Would city employees be paid if the offices were closed? If not, and considering a bunch are already getting furloughed once a week, opening would seem to be a good idea.

They are showing up all over town, according to two threads on Reddit
www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans...

www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans...

There is a constitutional amendment on the ballot in May that will allow the governor to convert local civil service employees to state civil service. It has gotten zero press attention.

Nyx?

One wonders if Denmark will even let him in with statements like this.

Are posts from @profcarlnivale.bsky.social allowed before Jan. 6, or is that like king cake?

Steve Nelson, the General Superintendent and no. 2 at the agency (who was on the shortlist for exec director), may be on his way out. The agenda for tomorrow's board mtg includes a discussion of candidates for Interim General Superintendent.

More than once this "feature" has gobbled up my limited internet usage, sending me into throttling from my ISP for days. This is not just annoying, it is bad. For example, throttling makes getting traffic information on google maps impossible. I don't know why Bluesky hasn't just fixed it yet.

Yes, but if one logs out and logs back in, it is on by default, whoch can can cause one to gobble up internet usage without intending to. The default should be "off."

Stop autoplaying media as default on login.

Fun fact: the parking lot to the left is where the failed Trump Tower New Orleans was supposed to go. The project never got past the concept stage. The site was foreclosed on and auctioned off in 2011 for $6.5 million.

Also, this is the CBD, not the French Quarter.

Screenshot from Sewerage and Water Board pumping and power dashboard at 9:40 AM 12/4/25, showing heavy rain moving into the city.

Screenshot from Sewerage and Water Board pumping and power dashboard at 9:40 AM 12/4/25, showing equipment status that is over a week old.

Screenshots from the Sewerage & Water Board website currently, showing major rain moving into New Orleans right now and a week-old status of their pumping and power.

Mark your calendars: The ribbon cutting for the
S&WB power complex is supposed to be December 18. It was originally scheduled for November 13, but was cancelled. (5/5)

Screenshot of YouTube video of S&WB Board of Directors meeting on 11/19/25, showing power complex update.

We don't know how things have moved on the rest of the
S&WB power complex equipment since 11/19/25, because the website updates don't mention them. So we don't know if SFC 2 became "available" at the end of November, or if testing of turbine 7 has started. (4/5)

Screenshot of S&WB storm report for 10/26/25 storm, noting failure of static frequency converter 1 on 10/24/25. Report available here: https://council.nola.gov/council/media/Assets/Committees/Public-Works/2025-10-26-Legislative-Storm-Report.pdf

The first 30 day reliability test of S&WB SFC 1 - required under contract - failed October 24 due to a "trip event" which has yet to be explained. Despite over $300 million in public dollars, S&WB refuses to provide the public with details of its investment. (3/5)