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Experts Say Faulty Levees Caused Much of Flooding
Washington Post ^
| Sept. 21, 2005
| Michael Grunwald and Susan B. Glasser
Posted on 09/20/2005 11:38:42 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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Ut oh. Looks like the lawsuits are actually going to have something real to fight about.
To: CobaltBlue; NautiNurse; Gabz; onyx; kcvl; Mo1
Oh for joy!
We're are going to get to the bottom of this sooner or later!
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:40:40 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: CobaltBlue
BUT...But...but...I thought Bush ordered them blown up. sarcasm off.
To: CobaltBlue
You figure out the rebus.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:45:05 PM PDT
by
TypeZoNegative
(Future Minnesota Refugee)
To: Howlin
My brother, who is volunteering in New Orleans, called me earlier today to tell me that "rumor has it" that some big lawsuits were going to be filed against the Army Corps of Engineers, and I should get in on it.
I didn't think too much of it until I read this article, but if the floodwalls really were improperly constructed, there's money in it for sure.
With so much death and destruction, you know everybody is searching for a deep pocket, and it doesn't get any deeper than Uncle Sugar.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:45:18 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: CobaltBlue
They weren't faulty the hurricane exceeded what they were designed for. Design a levee for a Cat3 and thats what you get.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:47:35 PM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: CobaltBlue
These lawsuits won't be settled in our lifetimes; it will take a RICO Squad with Rudy at the helm to delve through the muck of corruption and lies in that state.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:48:24 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Lancer_N3502A
Well, blowing up the levees is actually something that really has been done in the past.
Nobody who understands the layout of New Orleans believes it happened this time, though.
The earliest flooding in Plaquemines and St. Bernard and New Orleans East came long before the floodwalls were breached.
And, after the floodwalls were breached, the neighborhoods that were flooded were as much white as black, maybe more white than black. Given the economic makeup, I'd guess that white people living in Lakeview, Lakeside, New Orleans East, etc., came out much worse than black people in Mid-City.
But still and all, don't make fun of them, it's not paranoia, it really has happened in the past.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:49:12 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Echo Talon
That's what the Army Corps of Engineers is saying, but it looks like they might be covering their butts.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:49:56 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Howlin
These lawsuits won't be settled in our lifetimes You don't know Louisiana juries. ;^)
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:51:16 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Howlin
They showed a "debris line" that indicates the top height of Katrina's waves was at least four feet below the crest of Lake Pontchartrain's levees. They also pointed out how the breached floodwalls near the lake showed no signs of overtopping -- no splattering of mud, no drip lines and no erosion at their bases.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:51:17 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: kcvl
Yeah, the lack of erosion is real interesting.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:52:17 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: TypeZoNegative
NSS ... We are shocked, shocked ...
To: CobaltBlue
So, we're back to "It's all Bush's fault, huh?"
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:54:29 PM PDT
by
Shery
(S. H. in APOland)
To: CobaltBlue
It's like someone getting shot by a tank in the chest and the family suing the body armor company because they were given defective armor.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:54:45 PM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: CobaltBlue
Yes, I do.
But what makes you think they can sue the United States Government?
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:56:13 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: CobaltBlue
Yeah, the lack of erosion is real interesting.There wasn't a lack of erosion in state government.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:56:27 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: SFConservative
Just made the graphic 3 minutes ago. I'm going to upload it on my site.
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:57:00 PM PDT
by
TypeZoNegative
(Future Minnesota Refugee)
To: CobaltBlue
Except it is worse than tying to sue City Hall.
To: Shery
So, we're back to "It's all Bush's fault, huh?" Oh, I doubt that those retaining walls were constructed under the Bush administration, although I don't know for sure.
But facts are facts. Either the floodwalls failed, or they didn't (they did).
And either they were properly constructed, or they weren't.
As the Gipper famously said, "facts are stupid things."
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posted on
09/20/2005 11:57:32 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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