>My understanding is that funding had nothing to so with the problems. > >The levees broke in areas that were at 100% repair. All upgrades on >those sections were completed. No amount of money would have improved >those areas. > >The problem was that the levees were built to withstand a level 3 >hurricane. Had the entire levee been completely funded and 100% >complete to current standards it would have failed because it was not >designed to withstand a level 5 hurricane.
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