Hadn't the CoE been pleading with people for 40 years to upgrade the levees, but been denied the necessary funds, etc?
On 8/23/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > True. > > The biggest problem on the socio-economic side I remember was the refusal > of > our beloved C Ray to call an evacuation until about 24 hours before > landfall. The standard was 72 hours, so why the wait? > > He also refused to place the public transporation busses in a location > safe > from flooding (inside the Superdome or on higher ground) or use them to > evacuate those that needed transportation. > > Now the levees are another story completely. The Army Corpse of Engineers > failed miserably for 40 years to adequately design a levee protection > system > for a 100 year event, let alone a Cat 3 storm with a Cat 5 storm surge. > > But the main contributor to the entire disaster was the loss of wetlands > over the past 40 years around New Orleans. This was caused solely by the > increased demand for oil and gas in this country. I will not blame the > oil > companies because they were only responding to damand. If that demand had > not been there, the drilling would not hyave caused as much damage. > > Had the wetlands been up to par, the levees adequate for a 100 year event > and the mayor competent none of the post Katrina problems would have > happened. > > On 8/22/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It wasn't the hurricane that caused most of the issues. > > > > It was bad engineering, bad social support structures, and bad planning. > > > > They weathered the hurricane just fine. > > > > On 8/22/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We created Katrina? Wow, I want that tech! > > > (knowing about and creating are different) > > > > > > > > > > Like Katrina? > > > > > > > > On 8/22/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> It's much easier to prepare for a disaster that you created > yourself > > :) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
