claim: As president, Obama will immediately close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, which experts say funneled floodwater into New Orleans.
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Gustav:82
evidences.article: Hurricane Gustav
evidences.evidence: The Mississippi River was shut to all ship traffic between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans on August 30.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Katrina:135
evidences.article: Hurricane Katrina
evidences.evidence: Hard-hit St. Bernard Parish was flooded because of breaching of the levees that contained a navigation channel called the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO) and the breach of the 40 Arpent canal levee that was designed and built by the Orleans Levee Board.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Hurricane Katrina:149
evidences.article: Hurricane Katrina
evidences.evidence: The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO) breached its levees in approximately 20 places, flooding much of eastern New Orleans, most of St. Bernard Parish and the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal:1
evidences.article: Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal
evidences.evidence: In 2005, although disputed by the Corps of Engineers, the MRGO channeled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the heart of Greater New Orleans, contributing significantly to the subsequent multiple engineering failures experienced by the region's hurricane protection network.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal:34
evidences.article: Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal
evidences.evidence: Levees along the MRGO and the Intracoastal Waterway were breached in approximately 20 places, directly flooding most of St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans East.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO