XPost: or.politics, pdx.general   
   From: baloo@ursine.ca   
      
   Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:   
      
   > No they did not.  The City of Portland paid for that plywood seawall it   
   > was contracted like all the other civil jobs are.  And in fact, it wasn't   
   > needed as the river level did not rise above the top of the existing wall.   
      
   Actually, they weren't needed, but not because the water didn't go over the   
   wall.  It went over by about 4 inches for a couple hours.  Had the wall not   
   been there, it would have made Waterfront Park slightly more soupy than   
   usual and probably not have made it across Naito.   
      
      
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