LNG helps plug levee breach

Two days after water began pouring through a 70-foot-wide levee near Alliance, La., in Plaquemines Parish, local officials began working with the Louisiana National Guard to successfully plugged the breach with 247 “super sack” sandbags Aug. 28. The breach never threatened local residences or La. Highway 23, said Plaquemines spokesman Michael Powell. The breach was detected Aug. 26 on land owned by the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Alliance. Over two days, LNG Blackhawk helicopters had dropped 247 sandbags on the marsh side of the breach, stopping the water, authorities said. (Source: Times-Picayune 09/29/16)