"Not Enough" is All We're Gonna Get

New Orleans' Rebuilt Levees "Riddled With Flaws"
Joel K. Bourne, Senior Editor–Environment, National Geographic Magazine
for National Geographic News
May 6, 2007

Almost a year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declared that it had restored New Orleans' levees and floodwalls to pre-Hurricane Katrina strength.

But the system is actually riddled with flaws, and a storm even weaker than Katrina could breach the levees if it hit this year, say leading experts who have investigated the system.

[National Geographic took a look for themselves. Go see what they've found.]


So raise your hands if you're at all surprised by this piece of news. Come on now. Don't be shy.

{sigh}

Comments

  1. I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Thank you very much, Colonel Klink.

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  2. No way... the government cheesed out???!!!!

    E

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  3. "...the system is actually riddled with flaws..."????

    No way!
    In the USofA!?
    Naaaaaaaaa, can't be. Y'all must be wrong. The government is there for the people, no?

    NO??

    Someone???

    ANYONE???

    P L E A S E ! ? !

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  4. Sounds like another "Mission Accomplished"

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  5. The good news is that the government will get right on fixing the problems. Any second now... Yep...

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  6. Without wetlands restoration, the fact that the levees are riddled with flaws--or even perfect, for that matter--is irrelevant.

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