http://wwno.org en http://wwno.org/post/new-fire-station-designed-flood-prone-venetian-isles <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">New Orleans officials have broken ground for a new $3.6 million fire station designed to serve an area not protected by levees.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Geneva; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The city says the new Alba Road Fire Station in the Venetian Isles area will replace a smaller facility that was 30 years old when it flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</p> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:55:59 +0000 The Associated Press 26918 at http://wwno.org