If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water. So be a channel.

Pam simulated a large amount of water being swept from Lake Pontchartrain over the levee into the bowl of new Orleans,

It was the final tear for the overflow and you can't stop running water. Cindy's was the final tear.

There's a stream running through the entire course that feeds into the Mississippi at the end. Water is a factor on every hole.

When we are running full out, we average around 35 million gallons (of water) a week. Annually, we convert in the range of 350 million gallons to snow. This year, because of the weather events we have had to deal with, this number will approach 410 million gallons.

Our crews have reported that someone did make it up to Logan Pass and they described water running down the middle of the road with standing water in many places.