On 9/24/05, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Army Corp of Engineers built the existing levees as substandard because > the federal cost/benefit ratio study indicated that nothing beyond a a levee > to hold back a Cat 3 would be cost effective.
Actually, based on TV interviews I've seen with the Corp spokesman, from what I understand they has actually been a plan to improve the levees since the 70s, but it's just always been put on the back burner. This is kinda an achillies heel of term limits or terms in general because if the project takes less than 4 years, alot of politicians don't want to do it since they can't stand next to it and claim credit once it's done. In the past, folks have tried to get around that by naming the project after the person in office who "started" it, but then the next person often comes into office and tries to change it. For example, there was an atempt to rename Hoover Dam to Boulder Canyon Dam after Hoover left office. Often the guys in office (Dems and Repubs) aren't going to set their egos aside and do what's right till something terrible happens like has happened in New Orleans. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:174930 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
