I suspect that the quoted amount is the peak rate.

According to those numbers, everything will be bone dry by tea time!

660,000 gals x minute.
6,600,000 gals in 10 minutes.
66,000,000 in 100 minutes.
660,000,000 in 1000 minutes (around 16 hours, 40 minutes).
Minus 60,000,000 (about 90 minutes) = 15 hours, 10 minutes, give or take a few minutes, to drain six hundred million gallons of water, at the claimed rate.

The military budget was 663 billion.

So what was that about the 99%? Because 99% of the military industial complex spending is absolutely NOT helping.

I guess the military-industrial complex was worth it after all…except that the DoD is the a worse polluter than the rest of the government combined and is exempt from many regulations.

But what an amazing achievement! I was astounded when I heard that parts of the subway were running after less than a week. This was the D-Day of storm operations

Government pumping schemes may look like a solution, in the short term; but they really amount to nothing more than an invasive federal agency spending your money to enable dependent water molecules to move from criminal destruction of property to cushy beachfront vacations without any concern for Victims’ Rights or breaking the cycle of dependence.

Gallons
At Start 600,000,000
Removed so far* 64,000,000
Remaining* 536,000,000

Removal
Gallons per minute 696,000
Minute for remaining 770 (12:50 in hours)

*as of time of press release

This would be a great opportunity to update and modernize the affected train lines. I hope the governors of the affected states are big enough to accept federal assistance with such a massive job-creating project.