One act of terrorism will flood that area no matter how good a condition to which the levees may be restored. There is absolutely no way to secure that many miles of levee (((24 x 7) x 365) X K), where K represents the number of years wherein a potential threat exists.
This is a classic example of how no amount of infrastructure will EVER preclude flooding in that area.
Can you just see a Slave Party operative blowing a levee this spring in order to manufacture a new Katrina, complete with Federill dollars for massive "emergency spending"?
FRom the Sac Bee today..
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Sweeping mandate for flood coverage dies in committee
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http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14247435p-15065067c.html
Legislation to require virtually every Sacramento home and business owner to purchase flood insurance as a hedge against catastrophic levee failure died Monday in an Assembly committee.
The measure by Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, ended with a whimper when nobody seconded a motion to approve Assembly Bill 1898, thus ending the Banking and Finance Committee session without a vote.
"I think we've missed a very important opportunity to make sure people are protected so that when a flood comes, they'll have something to fall back on," Jones said.
AB 1898 was opposed by the insurance and lending industries.
"We do not think it's the appropriate role of state government to mandate flood insurance - or any insurance," said Michael Paiva of the Personal Insurance Federation of California.