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Eroie Van Tanstaafl on August 31, 2005 - 12:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That Commondreams article is hogwash.  

  1.  Of course federal money to SELA was being reduced: the Cat-3 levees were nearly completed, so construction costs were declining.  I've seen no reports that the sections of levee that broke were the sections that had not been upgraded to Cat-3 yet.

  2.  Again: the proposed Cat-5 levees have NOT even reached the design stage.  You can call for more funding all you want, but it'll take 10 years and a couple billion dollars to complete the levees - and they're no good until you finish them ALL.
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ericy on August 31, 2005 - 3:16pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Snort.  According to who - redstate.org??  Oh, yeah, there's an objective source of information.

The commondreams article seems to be based upon stories in the Times-Picayune.  If one wanted a good source of local information in New Orleans, that would be the first place I would turn.

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Captin construction on September 4, 2005 - 2:44am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Son, your are talking utter cr*p. You give me the funding I'LL build your levies in a time directly proportional to the money available. 10 years!! wot a load!!

The Brits built the channel tunnel in 7 years (design and construct)

The Dutch keep out the North Sea every day!!! and whilst they don't have hurricanes the coast is severely battered constantly.

Go back to school son and think before you speak. The US can have these things done and dusted to a schedule governed by their desire and commitment.

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