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La. Report Blames Corps of Engineers for New Orleans Levee Breaks
Texas / South Central News • March 23, 2007
Decades of mistakes - some as basic as not knowing the elevation of New Orleans - led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to believe its levees and floodwalls would protect the city from a storm as ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
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| RE: Not my Fault | SMM | Mar 27, 2007, 4:41 pm |
| Beating a Dead Horse | Jake | Mar 26, 2007, 9:59 am |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Beating a Dead Horse | Buy Flood Ins, not wind | Mar 24, 2007, 3:54 pm |
| RE: Beating a Dead Horse | Broader View | Mar 23, 2007, 2:44 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Beating a Dead Horse | Hillary | Mar 23, 2007, 1:37 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Beating a Dead Horse | Bulldogg | Mar 23, 2007, 1:07 pm |
| RE: RE: Beating a Dead Horse | ME | Mar 23, 2007, 1:03 pm |
| RE: Beating a Dead Horse | Al | Mar 23, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| RE: Beating a Dead Horse | plymn | Mar 23, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Beating a Dead Horse | Mary Lynn Proctor | Mar 23, 2007, 12:56 pm |
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Subject: RE: Beating a Dead Horse
I think the Netherlands would prove you wrong on that. It's irresponsible to build an entire city below sea level without properly engineering its protection from the sea, but there's nothing wrong with the idea if you do it right. Of course, that costs more money and takes more time, and requires the government to have more control over what people do near the dikes.