>>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. > > > That is what I object to. They designed the levee system for failure. > Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before a cat 4/5 hurricane hit the > town.
You're right. Hey... what was doing Geraldo doing back when we *really* needed him on the story...!? jd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173319 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
