[malkuth23]

Our pumps are so old many are still using wooden screws and run on 25 cycle power. Think how much water we could pull out if the system was upgraded? New Orleans is more prepared to survive than any other city with a few hundred miles of it, including mega cities like Houston.

[selimthegrim]

As was clarified upthread, Wood pumps are not wooden pumps.

[dangerbird2]

Also, there were new pumping stations built after Katrina.