Levee ping!
Thanks for the ping.
Karen St. Germain = buckethead.
First move is to fix as much as you can, as quick as you can, before the next storm makes Katrina look like a hurricane party.
Someone should explain to Ms. St. Germain the difference between slowly rising water and wind driven surge. Take along a box of crayons.
Then have her sit down and make a list of priorities, including every single thing that needs to be done to fix whatever Katrina broke. She may need a second box of crayons.
Then when she has a comprehensive list, she can put them in some sort of order. If she manages all that, there's at least the theoretical possibility that she could then get to work accomplishing something with an overall set of coherent objectives in mind, instead of blindly flailing at whatever happens to capture her short attention span on any given day.
If Cat-5 levees fit somewhere into that overall, well reasoned, realistically funded plan, we'll talk.
I feel for you LAW3, the crosses you bear by dint of residency amongst paramecium are a heavy burden.