On 9/25/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
from: yahoo.com/s/latimests/20050904/ts_latimes/despitewarningswashingtonfailedtofundleveeprojects<http://yahoo.com/s/latimests/20050904/ts_latimes/despitewarningswashingtonfailedtofundleveeprojects> For example, Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, the Corps commander, conceded Friday that the government had known the New Orleans levees could never withstand a hurricane higher than a Category 3. Corps officials shuddered, he said, when they realized that Katrina was barreling down on the Gulf Coast with the vastly greater destructive force of a Category 5 the strongest type of hurricane. Washington, he said, had rolled the dice. Rather than come up with the extra millions of dollars needed to make the city safer, officials believed that such a devastating storm was a small probability and that, with the level of protection that had been funded, " 99.5% of the time this would work." Unfortunately, Strock said, "we did not address the 0.5%." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174932 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
