"t will be an interesting legal case. The levies that broke, if my understanding is not flawed, were not actually built by the Corps. The money went to the local government and the levies were built below the specifications of the Corps with the difference being pocketed by Brother in Law Tommie or Uncle Fred."
Last time I looked, the Corps' own report (as well as that of three other independent engineering firms) accepted full culpability for the failure of the levees to perform up to their design specs. Words like "faulty design and construction" I believe. I don't see how it's possible to maintain something that is improperly designed and constructed in the first place short of what they were supposed to do.
"Last time I looked, the Corps' own report (as well as that of three other independent engineering firms) accepted full culpability for the failure of the levees to perform up to their design specs. Words like "faulty design and construction" I believe. I don't see how it's possible to maintain something that is improperly designed and constructed in the first place short of what they were supposed to do."
Yes, that's right. Here's the press release at the time.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/20060406-040256-9185r/